| Work Information | |||||||
| Period: |
Fifteenth Century |
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| Museum: | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States Inventory #:50.87 | ||||||
| Location Note: | Rogers Fund, 1950 | ||||||
| Material: | Iron and silver | ||||||
| Date: | late 15th century | ||||||
| Inscription: | (on lead button on camail front) Constantinople arsenal; (bottom band) 'Throne' or 'chair' verse from Koran (Partial reading of inscription by amnuel Keene, Islamic Dept., 1973) | ||||||
| Vendor: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | ||||||
