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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
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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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