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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.344
Title
Spoon
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
spoon
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215916

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver on tortoise shell and coral with silver fittings
Dimensions
25.8 x 5.8 cm (10 3/16 x 2 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Soustiel, Paris, May 1978], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1978, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.344
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd: 1981 Supplement to the 1979 catalogue, exh. cat., San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, CA, 1981), p. 34

Exhibition History

  • Shadows of God On Earth: Arts of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Dynasties, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/21/1997 - 08/31/1997
  • A Grand Legacy: Arts of the Ottoman Empire, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/1999 - 01/02/2000

Verification Level

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