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Pen Box

ca. 1600
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 461
Objects like this pen box were typically displayed in open niches in reception rooms of upper-class Syrian residences during the Ottoman period

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pen Box
  • Date: ca. 1600
  • Geography: Attributed to Turkey
  • Medium: Leather; stamped, gilded, and painted decoration
  • Dimensions: H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
    W. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)
    D. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
  • Classification: Leather
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.72
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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