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Storage chest
Copenhagen, Denmark
The David Collection
About The David Collection, Copenhagen
Hegira c. 640 / AD c. 1240
Inv.no. 3/1993
Wood, carved and inlaid with ebony and bone. Modern lid and inlays partly modern
Luluid
Iraq, Mosul
Almost no furniture has survived from the Islamic Middle Ages, and it is unclear whether this unique chest was made for a mosque or a private home. Remnants of yellow pigment and gold leaf indicate that the flat sections of the decoration on the front were originally surrounded by a golden color.
"Storage chest" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;26;en
MWNF Working Number: DN 26
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