id:			123982
accession number:	1944.482
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.482
updated:		2024-08-08 15:13:55.794000

Luxury Inlaid Container, c. 1250–1350. Northern Iraq, Ayyubid period. Sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold; diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); diameter of box: 10.1 cm (4 in.); box: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.482

title:				Luxury Inlaid Container
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creation date:			c. 1250–1350
creation date earliest:		1250
creation date latest:		1350
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Northern Iraq, Ayyubid period
technique:	sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Metalwork
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Diameter of box: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Box: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Band around body (naskh): "Lasting glory, and safe life, and increasing prosperity, [and] nobility, [and] effective authority"; band around body (naskh): "Brilliance, and nobility, and patience, and modesty, and glory, and long life, and piety, and patience"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic Art
	opening date:   1944-11-03T04:00:00
	<i>Islamic Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).

	title:		For Modern America from the Ancient Near East
	opening date:   1948-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>For Modern America from the Ancient Near East</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948).

	title:		Islam and the Medieval West
	opening date:   1975-04-06T04:00:00
	<i>Islam and the Medieval West</i>. University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY, Binghamton, NY (organizer) (April 6-May 4, 1975).

	title:		Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-05-21T04:00:00
	<i>Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1945
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1945-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Islamic Art: Selected Examples from the Loan Exhibition of Islamic Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 37
	url:		https://archive.org/details/IslamicArtCMA/page/n47

	Barrett, Douglas E. <em>Islamic Metalwork in the British Museum</em>. London: Lund Humphries, 1949.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Fig. 18
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 712
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n130

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 210
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n234

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 210
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n234

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 266
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n286

	Allan, James. <em>Islamic Metalwork: The Nuhad Es-Said Collection</em>. London: s.n., 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 75; Mentioned: p. 74-75
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	Baer, Eva. <em>Metalwork in medieval Islamic art / Eva Baer</em> State University of New York Press Albany, 1983.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 133; Mentioned: pp. 76-77; pp. 132-133
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	Atil, Esin. <em>Islamic Art and Patronage: Treasures from Kuwait</em>. New York: Rizzoli International, 1990.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 206, 207; Mentioned: p. 206
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1991</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 44
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n59

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