Casket, wood faced with ivory panels: Base
- Published/Created:
- Cairo and Sicily
ca. 1000-1150, ca. 1200-1225 - Physical Description:
- 17 x 25 x 16 cm
wood and ivory with traces of color and gilding - Notes:
- On the bottom is a panel inlaid with ivory, black mastic and wood, with a mutilated Kufic inscription reading 'barakah' ('blessing'). V&A: 700-1884
- Topics:
- Ivories -- Egypt -- 11th century -- (YVRC)
Ivory -- Italy -- 13th century -- (YVRC) - Culture:
- Islamic
Norman - Accession Number:
- 3630-012
- Genre:
- containers: caskets (personal gear) (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Note:
- Stanley, T., Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- London, England: Victoria and Albert Museum
- Local Record Number:
- Portfolio Item ID: 307884
- OID:
- 576100
- PID:
- digcoll:2080195