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NM 0060/1899 :: casket

Object description

Irregular rectangular body resting on four feet, lid (missing) was attached to the body with two hinges and fastened with a frontal hasp. Cast brass, engraved and gilded with silver inlay. Front panel, two medallions of interlaced plain band forming a fourfoil rosette with lotus blossoms and loops flanking the attachment of the lid. Back panel, rests of hinge, central medallion , this medallion is flanked by arabesques. Side panels, plain bands interlace with lotus blossoms, Each panel is outlined with a rectangular band of kufic calligraphy on a floral background, pieces of silver inlay in angles, threefoil buds in an ovoid medallion.

Legs intertwined medallion on each face (has two).

Data elements

Inventory number

NM 0060/1899

Serie nummer

12248

Object

casket

Country - Origin

Iran : Asia

Material

Brass; Silver

Exhibitions

Persisk Konst i Sverige, Nationalmuseum 17 april- 12 augusti 1973, cat. nr. 194, p. 152.

Acquisition

Purchased with governmental means from the collection of F.R. Martin according to the royal letter from the 4/11/1898. N°s 0046-0160/1899, price 4.869 SEK, registered 29/8/1899.

Description

Legs intertwined medallion on each face (has two).

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

16th century AD

Name - Collected by

Martin, Fredrik Robert (1868-05-08 - 1933-04-19), art dealer, collector

Source - http: libris.kb.se, collections.smvk.se, sok.riksarkivet.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Exhibition - Previously

Persisk konst i Sverige

Time - Start: 1973-04-171973-04-17
Time - End: 1973-08-121973-08-12

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

NegNo

NM 0060_1899.jpg

Cf Publications

ref. Michell, G., The Arts of Islam, Hayward Gallery 8 april-4th July 1976, Westerham Press 1976, p. 184, n° 203.

Publications

Persisk Konst i Sverige, Nationalmuseum 17 april- 12 augusti 1973, cat. nr. 194, p. 152.

Reference - Published in

Medelhavsmuseet (1973). Persisk konst i Sverige : utställningen ordnad i samarbete med Kungl. Livrustkammaren, Kungl. Myntkabinettet och Medelhavsmuseet. Stockholm: Nationalmuseum.

Source - http: libris.kb.se

Height / Höjd

10-10,5 cm

Diameter

17,18,4 cm

Dimensions

H. 10-10,5 cm., Rim Ø. 17, 18,4 cm.

Loan in - Current

in-1977.0002, Medelhavsmuseet

Condition

Worn, holes in bottom, pieces missing (knobs on legs, lid, lock)

Original register

Islam

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