| Work Information | |||||||
| Period: |
Qajar |
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| Museum: | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States Inventory #:90.2.65 | ||||||
| Material: | Wood; painted, gilded and lacquered | ||||||
| Date: | A.H. 1301/ 1883–84 | ||||||
| Inscription: | The inscriptions are in naskh script Top medallion: "Dar Dar al-Khilafa-yi Tehran Surat.." Bottom medallion: "Raqam Yaft, 1301" which means: Completed in the city of Tehran in 1301. 1301 is equivalent to 1883/4. The inscriptions on the body of each blad | ||||||
| Vendor: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | ||||||
