Box
Bowl-shaped box and cover made from hammered brass sheet, part soldered and then chased and decorated with inlaid silver.
Maker
(metalworker)
15th century (Life dates)
15th century (Life dates)
Title
Box
Bowl-shaped box and cover made from hammered brass sheet, part soldered and then chased and decorated with inlaid silver.
Bowl-shaped box and cover made from hammered brass sheet, part soldered and then chased and decorated with inlaid silver.
Date of Production
15th–16th century
Medium
brass and silver inlay
Dimensions
Height: 7.6 cm
Diameter: 15.8 cm
Diameter: 15.8 cm
Accession Number
O.1966.GP.204
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
Related Works
Label Text
This box is signed by the master craftsman Mahmud al-Kurdi, whose name appears on many pieces of export metalwork. Unique amongst his signed boxes, it bears his name (on the rim) in both Arabic and Roman script. The latter is a transliteration of the Arabic and reads the ‘work of the master Mahmud’. His pieces all feature densely inlaid patterns of thin silver wire.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Islamic Metalwork Touring Highlights Exhibition, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, 27/09/2019-12/01/2020; Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, 18/01/2020-20/09/2020; Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, 10/09/2020-10/01/2021; Holburne Museum, Bath, 17/05/2021-01/08/2021
Moments of Vision - Venice and the Islamic World, Metropolitan Museum of Art & New York & USA, 27/03/2007-08/07/2007
Moments of Vision - Venice and the Islamic World, L'Institut du Monde Arabe & Paris & France, 28/01/2007-22/04/2007 ...More
Bellini and the East, National Gallery, London, 12/04/2006-25/06/2006
Bellini and the East, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, USA, 15/12/2005-26/03/2006
The Value of Art, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/06/1999-30/08/1999 ...Less
Moments of Vision - Venice and the Islamic World, Metropolitan Museum of Art & New York & USA, 27/03/2007-08/07/2007
Moments of Vision - Venice and the Islamic World, L'Institut du Monde Arabe & Paris & France, 28/01/2007-22/04/2007 ...More
Bellini and the East, National Gallery, London, 12/04/2006-25/06/2006
Bellini and the East, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, USA, 15/12/2005-26/03/2006
The Value of Art, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/06/1999-30/08/1999 ...Less
Literature
The Value of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999
Inscriptions
Inscription: signed by the artist in Arabic and Roman script : 'AMELLIMALEMAMVD' (work of the Master Mahmud)
Inscription: Arabic: The work of the master Mahmud who hopes for pardon/forgiveness from his Lord
Inscription: Arabic: The work of the master Mahmud who hopes for pardon/forgiveness from his Lord
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