Scribe's Box

Scribe's Box

Public Domain

Scribe's Box
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • Scribe's Box
Datelate 15th century
MediumWood; inlaid with bone and metal; pigments
Dimensions9 3/4 × 21 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (24.8 × 54.6 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2010 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala
Object number2010.224
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object Type
ProvenanceDon Jose Moragas Pomar, Barcelona; purchased by MFAH, 2010.

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