Writing Box with Lattice and Flower Design

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mid-17th century · Wood; overlaid with dyed wool, stamped silver and gilt-copper plaques · Islamic Art

The gilded copper sheets and silver plaques covering the exterior of this box are fashioned in a classic "lattice and flower" variant of the flower style. Because of the technique of fastening the metal over the wood, the box has been attributed to Burhanpur, a city in the northern Deccan, where similar work is found in architecture.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-17th century

Medium

Wood; overlaid with dyed wool, stamped silver and gilt-copper plaques

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family Gift, 1998