Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
1000
Basım Yeri
Sicily (made) Egypt (made) -
Konu
Geometric Patterns
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Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 17cm, Width: 25cm, Depth: 16cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
700-1884
Kayıt Numarası
700-1884
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1000
Notlar
This casket would have been used for storage. It provides evidence of the artistic exchange between Europe and the Middle East. It was made in Sicily or southern Italy. For its base, however, the maker reused an earlier piece of woodwork with ivory inlay. This woodwork is an extremely rare example of a technique used in Cairo in the Fatimid period (969â1171). In the medieval period, luxury goods from the Islamic Middle East found a ready market in Christian-ruled Europe. These imports enjoyed such enormous prestige that luxury goods made in Europe were often decorated in Islamic styles.
Örnek Metin
barakah Translation 'blessing' (Arabic) Note tentative reading of the bold inscription on the base
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wood and ivory with traces of colour and gilding Ivory Wood Silver Mastic Painting Gilding
Fiziksel açıklama
Wood covered with panels of ivory decorated in outline with traces of colour and gilding; the mounts of silver. On the bottom is a panel inlaid with ivory, black mastic and wood, with a mutilated Kufic inscription reading 'barakah' ('blessing').
Üretim
Wooden casket made in Sicily or southern Italy, ca. 1200-1250. The base is a reused piece of earlier (Fatimid) woodwork with ivory inlay (probably Cairo, ca. 1000-1150).
