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Stylized jewelry box
(علبة مجوهرات منمنمة)

Title	Stylized jewelry box
Title Original	علبة مجوهرات منمنمة
Publication Date:	1220
Publication Place	- Benaki Museum
Subject	Yellow brass inlaid with silver
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 3.6 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	13171
Record ID	object;EPM;gr;Mus21;16;ar
Library Location	Benaki Museum
Date	1220
Notes	This jewelery is richly decorated with arabesques, silver inlay and inscriptions, and bears the name of the craftsman who made it, Ismail Ibn Ward from Mosul, who trained himself with a master craftsman also from Mosul. This is the oldest work in history, which attests to the importance of Mosul as a center for the manufacture of inlaid metal works. Even after the year 1261 and the destruction of the city by the Mongols, the craftsmen who worked everywhere bore the title of Mawsili as a guarantee of quality.
Sample Text	“Stylized Jewelry Box” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;16;ar

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Stylized jewelry box

(علبة مجوهرات منمنمة)

Publication Date 1220

Publication Place - Benaki Museum

Subject Yellow brass inlaid with silver

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 3.6 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 13171

Record ID object;EPM;gr;Mus21;16;ar

Library Location Benaki Museum

Date 1220

Notes This jewelery is richly decorated with arabesques, silver inlay and inscriptions, and bears the name of the craftsman who made it, Ismail Ibn Ward from Mosul, who trained himself with a master craftsman also from Mosul. This is the oldest work in history, which attests to the importance of Mosul as a center for the manufacture of inlaid metal works. Even after the year 1261 and the destruction of the city by the Mongols, the craftsmen who worked everywhere bore the title of Mawsili as a guarantee of quality.

Sample Text “Stylized Jewelry Box” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;16;ar