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Lidded box of Muhammad al-Hamawi
- Material
- Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver
- Dimensions
- H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); W. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
- Date as given by the source
- 15th century
- Record number
- 91.1.538
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Object · 15th century
Lidded box of Muhammad al-Hamawi
An oval brass box inlaid with silver, which the museum attributes to Syria and dates to the 15th century. The record disagrees with itself: by one description the box was commissioned for a mosque official, by another Muhammad al-Hamawi was the artist who made it.
- Region
- The Levant
- Material
- Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York