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Inkwell and pen box
(محبرة وعلبة أقلام)

Title	Inkwell and pen box
Title Original	محبرة وعلبة أقلام
Publication Date:	XVI century
Publication Place	- Benaki Museum
Subject	Brass inlaid with silver
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	30 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	13172
Record ID	object;EPM;gr;Mus21;40;ar
Library Location	Benaki Museum
Date	XVI century
Notes	The piece is an inkwell richly decorated with arabesques and inscriptions consisting of verses in Persian and Arabic in Nasta'liq script. At the bottom there is the signature of the craftsman Mirak Hussein Yazdi and the Arabic poetic verses containing an invocation of Ali, the Prophet’s cousin, which relate to the Shiite environment in which the piece was produced. It is one of the best known signed works of Persian metalwork from the era of Shah Ismail (1501-1524).
Sample Text	“Inkwell and Pen Box” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;40;ar

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Inkwell and pen box

(محبرة وعلبة أقلام)

Publication Date XVI century

Publication Place - Benaki Museum

Subject Brass inlaid with silver

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 30 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 13172

Record ID object;EPM;gr;Mus21;40;ar

Library Location Benaki Museum

Date XVI century

Notes The piece is an inkwell richly decorated with arabesques and inscriptions consisting of verses in Persian and Arabic in Nasta'liq script. At the bottom there is the signature of the craftsman Mirak Hussein Yazdi and the Arabic poetic verses containing an invocation of Ali, the Prophet’s cousin, which relate to the Shiite environment in which the piece was produced. It is one of the best known signed works of Persian metalwork from the era of Shah Ismail (1501-1524).

Sample Text “Inkwell and Pen Box” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;40;ar