Lid of pen box with inscription

Details

• Title

  Lid of pen box with inscription

• Associated place

  Asia › Afghanistan (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  12th century (1101 - 1200)

• Material and technique

  brass, engraved, incised, and inlaid with silver

• Object type

  communications equipment › art/writing equipment › pen-box;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid

• Dimensions

  9 x 3.5 cm approx. (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Ralph Pinder-Wilson, 1986.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1986.41

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