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Covered box
(علبة مغطاة)

Title	Covered box
Title Original	علبة مغطاة
Publication Date:	Twelfth century AH / eighteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Subject	Enamelled gold, precious stones
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الأبعاد الكلية : 8.9 × 14.4 × 11.3 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	44.54a–b
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus22;11;ar
Library Location	Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Date	Twelfth century AH / eighteenth century AD
Notes	The object is a large oval enamelled box (a) with a flat bottom and a detachable domed lid (b). Along the sides and across the top of the lid are vertical bands of green enamel or gold pieces. On the gold bands there are rubies in the shape of triangular leaves and a band of red stems underneath. On the lid is a central oval floral diamond plaque surrounded by a ground of emeralds and rubies and a band of rubies. Inside there is a Persian inscription in black.
Sample Text	“Covered Box” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;11;ar

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Covered box

(علبة مغطاة)

Publication Date Twelfth century AH / eighteenth century AD

Publication Place - Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Subject Enamelled gold, precious stones

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الأبعاد الكلية : 8.9 × 14.4 × 11.3 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 44.54a–b

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus22;11;ar

Library Location Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Date Twelfth century AH / eighteenth century AD

Notes The object is a large oval enamelled box (a) with a flat bottom and a detachable domed lid (b). Along the sides and across the top of the lid are vertical bands of green enamel or gold pieces. On the gold bands there are rubies in the shape of triangular leaves and a band of red stems underneath. On the lid is a central oval floral diamond plaque surrounded by a ground of emeralds and rubies and a band of rubies. Inside there is a Persian inscription in black.

Sample Text “Covered Box” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;11;ar