1985.268.A-H: A Turkish Scribe's Kit
Artists' Tools
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.268.A-H
- Title
- A Turkish Scribe's Kit
- Classification
- Artists' Tools
- Work Type
- pen box
- Date
- 1757-1774
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
- Period
- Ottoman period
- Culture
- Ottoman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/331606
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver with gilding and inlaid garnet
- Dimensions
- 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Signed: tughra of Mustapha III
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Abdul Kent, Istanbul Hilton Hotel, 5 December 1968], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1968, 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
- 1985.268.A-H
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
A: inkwell, height 5.7 cm
B: lacquer pen box, length 29.2 cm
C-D: two scissors, length 14.2 cm and 23.5 cm
E: mother-of-pearl pen-rest, length 13.3 cm
F-H: three knives, length 20 cm, 19.3 cm and 16.8 cm
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
Verification Level
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