Sujet

Ivory box, 750- 850 AD, (1881). Creator: M Sullivan.

Légende

Ivory box, 750- 850 AD, (1881). Etching of a container carved from a single piece of ivory in the 8th or 9th century, possibly in Egypt or Syria. The body of this container, shaped like the lower half of a gourd, is one of the earliest Islamic ivories to survive. The decoration, consisting of small birds perched in a grapevine, is a design inherited from the pre-Islamic period. The neck is encircled by a gilded metal band, and the lid is beech wood with gold leaf. The spherical rock crystal knob is pierced by a metal spike which terminates in a ring. The lid and metal mounts are of a later date. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F37_052

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,4Mo (2,0Mo) / 36,3cm x 43,1cm / 4287 x 5088 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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