Pen Box, 13th century, Attributed to Northern Iraq or Western Iran, Al-Jazira, Brass; engraved, incised, and inlaid with silver, Box closed: , Metal, Muslim metalworkers produced large numbers of pen boxes, many of which were richly decorated with inlays of gold, silver, and copper. A typical medieval Islamic calligrapher's pen box is an elongated rectangular object with rounded corners, about ten inches long, three inches wide, and two inches tall
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Pen Box, 13th century, Attributed, Northern Iraq, Western Iran, Al-Jazira, Brass, engraved, incised, inlaid, silver, Box closed, Metal, Muslim metalworkers, produced, large, numbers, pen boxes, richly decorated, inlays, gold, copper, typical medieval, Islamic, calligrapher, box, elongated rectangular, object, rounded corners, ten inches, long, three, wide, two, tall
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