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This item has been added to the Database within the Explore Islamic Art Collections project. Information is available in: English, Arabic.

Name of Object:

Casket

Location:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Holding Museum:

The David Collection

About The David Collection, Copenhagen

Date of Object:

Hegira c. 355–358 / AD c. 966–968

Museum Inventory Number:

Inv.no. 5/2002

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Carved ivory with gilt-bronze fittings

Period / Dynasty:

Umayyad of al-Andalus, Caliphate period

Provenance:

Spain, Cordoba

Description:

The ivory casket belongs to a little group of masterfully carved ivory objects, made for the Spanish Umayyad court. The casket is the largest in the group, carved from a single tusk. It is also one of the most monumental.
There was once an Arabic inscription around the lid, undoubtedly removed when the casket - like so many of its kind - found a new place in a Christian context in the Middle Ages.

Citation of this web page:

 "Casket" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;7;en

MWNF Working Number: DN 07

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 Artistic Introduction

Islamic Dynasties / Period

Umayyads of al-Andalus


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