Luxury Inlaid Container

c. 1250–1350

Maker Unknown

Islamic Art

Luxury Inlaid Container, c. 1250–1350. Northern Iraq, Ayyubid period. Sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold; diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); diameter of box: 10.1 cm (4 in.); box: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.482

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Metalwork
Formatted Medium: sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold
Medium: sheet, brass, inlaid, silver, gold
Dimensions: Diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Diameter of box: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Box: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Band around body (naskh): "Lasting glory, and safe life, and increasing prosperity, [and] nobility, [and] effective authority"; band around body (naskh): "Brilliance, and nobility, and patience, and modesty, and glory, and long life, and piety, and patience"