Casket with Figural Imagery, mid-13th century, Attributed to Iran, Brass; worked metal sheet inlaid with silver, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), Metal, The walls of this casket bear seated figures and musicians with coursing animals on the borders. Most of the silver inlay that once provided contrast to the forms has been lost, as craftsmen working in the mid-thirteenth century did not prepare metal sheets to receive precious metal, but simply incised outlines around the areas to be inlaid
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Casket, Figural Imagery, mid-13th century, Attributed, Iran, Brass, worked metal sheet inlaid, silver, H, 5 1/2, 14 cm, Metal, walls, casket bear, seated, figures, musicians, coursing animals, borders, silver inlay, provided contrast, forms, lost, craftsmen working, mid-thirteenth, prepare metal, sheets, receive precious, metal, simply incised, outlines, areas, inlaid
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