Islamic brass casket inlaid with silver and gold

An image of Islamic metalwork. Brass casket inlaid with silver and gold, with a hinged lid; relief decoration and silver and gold inlay. A twisted copper and brass strip has been added on the body and rim, along with a later iron closing clasp. Height, whole, 27.3 cm, width, whole, 22.8 cm, depth, whole, 11.8 cm, circa 1366-1368. Mamluk.

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Islamic metalwork. Brass casket inlaid with silver and gold, with a hinged lid; relief decoration and silver and gold inlay. A twisted copper and brass strip has been added on the body and rim, along with a later iron closing clasp. Height, whole, 27.3 cm, width, whole, 22.8 cm, depth, whole, 11.8 cm, circa 1366-1368. Mamluk.

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Accession Number: O.2-1908
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 811 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 807.06kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2011:04:07 06:11:20

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14th Century brass casket domed domes Fitz_AA foliate hinged inlaid inlay inscribed inscriptions Islamic lidded Mamlouk Mamluk Medieval Memluk metalwork nashki naskh nesih relief rosette script scrolling

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