Pen-box
BackDescription:
Pen-box in cast and hammered in brass. Consisting of two tubular pen holders and a cylindrical ink-well with a ribbed onion-dome lid; engraved with floral scrolls around the top and bottom of the inkwell.
Object type: | pen-box |
Museum number: | 1996,0223.1 |
Culture/period: | Late Islamic |
Date: | 1880 (circa) |
Production place: | Made in: India (North) |
Materials: | brass |
Technique: | cast, engraved |
Dimensions: | Length: 30.00 cm Height: 19.00 cm Depth: 9.00 cm |
Location: | 43 |
Exhibition history: | Exhibited: 2004 7 Jan-7 Apr, Kuala Lumpur, Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 'Mightier than the Sword' 2003 22 Mar-25 May, University of Melbourne, Ian Potter Museum of Art, 'Mightier than the Sword' |
Acquisition names: | Purchased from: Dr Michael Willis |
Acquisition date: | 1996 |
Curator's comments:
Similar brass pen-box in Bharat Kala Bharan, Benares (acc. to M. Willis); another in silver and belonging to the Maharajah of Jaipur is illustrated in Hendley, 1881, pl. XVII.
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