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Animal formation of a deer antler
(تشكيل حيواني لقرن أيل)

Title	Animal formation of a deer antler
Title Original	تشكيل حيواني لقرن أيل
Publication Date:	Eleventh century AH / seventeenth century AD
Publication Place	- Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)
Subject	Ivory, gold inlay
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول : 14 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	2013. 174
Record ID	object;EPM;de;Mus21;26;ar
Library Location	Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)
Date	Eleventh century AH / seventeenth century AD
Notes	This rare sculpture was probably used during the royal coronation. It acts as a counterweight on a canvas to hold a sword or a funnel to deposit gunpowder. It was produced during the Mughal era and animals with gold-inlaid eyes engraved on their surface. The animals in the engraved center are cats, bears or nilgais (blue bulls). This horn is an outstanding example of the Indo-Islamic style of decorative representation. The special animal shapes may be derived from book designs.
Sample Text	“An animal composition of a deer’s horn” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;de;Mus21;26;ar

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Animal formation of a deer antler

(تشكيل حيواني لقرن أيل)

Publication Date Eleventh century AH / seventeenth century AD

Publication Place - Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)

Subject Ivory, gold inlay

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول : 14 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 2013. 174

Record ID object;EPM;de;Mus21;26;ar

Library Location Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)

Date Eleventh century AH / seventeenth century AD

Notes This rare sculpture was probably used during the royal coronation. It acts as a counterweight on a canvas to hold a sword or a funnel to deposit gunpowder. It was produced during the Mughal era and animals with gold-inlaid eyes engraved on their surface. The animals in the engraved center are cats, bears or nilgais (blue bulls). This horn is an outstanding example of the Indo-Islamic style of decorative representation. The special animal shapes may be derived from book designs.

Sample Text “An animal composition of a deer’s horn” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;de;Mus21;26;ar