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Folded dice board
(لوح نرد مطوي)

Title	Folded dice board
Title Original	لوح نرد مطوي
Publication Date:	The beginning of the nineteenth century
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	69 × 45 × 11.2 سم (مفتوح ) ، 49 × 16.4 × 16.8 سم (مطوي)
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	LAQ 284
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus21;29;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	The beginning of the nineteenth century
Notes	The overall panel is made of three partial panels of hinged wood sides with lobed legs that interlock when folded to form a rectangular box. The main decoration on the main surface consists of medallions of different shapes surrounding a couple (man and woman) in European dress, a husband wearing Iranian dresses, and a woman breastfeeding a child. The group was formed around a bouquet of flowers within rich borders. The main decoration is attributed to a court painter, Muhammad Hassan, who worked mainly in oil works. He is known to have painted a miniature of Fath Ali Shah while he was sitting on the throne in the year 1234 AH (1818-19 AD).
Sample Text	"Folded Dice Board" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;29;ar

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Folded dice board

(لوح نرد مطوي)

Publication Date The beginning of the nineteenth century

Publication Place - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 69 × 45 × 11.2 سم (مفتوح ) ، 49 × 16.4 × 16.8 سم (مطوي)

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID LAQ 284

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus21;29;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date The beginning of the nineteenth century

Notes The overall panel is made of three partial panels of hinged wood sides with lobed legs that interlock when folded to form a rectangular box. The main decoration on the main surface consists of medallions of different shapes surrounding a couple (man and woman) in European dress, a husband wearing Iranian dresses, and a woman breastfeeding a child. The group was formed around a bouquet of flowers within rich borders. The main decoration is attributed to a court painter, Muhammad Hassan, who worked mainly in oil works. He is known to have painted a miniature of Fath Ali Shah while he was sitting on the throne in the year 1234 AH (1818-19 AD).

Sample Text "Folded Dice Board" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;29;ar