COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.1987.14
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MMA_.1987.14
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Creator Nationality:
Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Iranian
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Iranian
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Plaque
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Plaque
Title
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Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
17th century
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17th century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1600
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1600
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1699
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1699
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Cut and pierced steel
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Cut and pierced steel
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Metalwork
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Metalwork
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
L. 15 in. (38.1 cm)
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L. 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1987.14
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1987.14
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1987
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Rogers Fund, 1987
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
This piece belongs to a group of eight plaques, each inscribed with a verse from the same shi'ite poem. It is possible that these plaques were set in the wooden doorway to a royal tomb. The striking cartouche shape is created by lobed arches formed at the horizontal ends of the rectangular panel, with smaller arches projecting from each straight border. The pious verse, inscribed in thuluth script, is set against an openwork ground of spiraling arabesque scrolls. Cut-steel panels were a specialty in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Iran, though few survive in such good condition.
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<P>This piece belongs to a group of eight plaques, each inscribed with a verse from the same shi'ite poem. It is possible that these plaques were set in the wooden doorway to a royal tomb. The striking cartouche shape is created by lobed arches formed at the horizontal ends of the rectangular panel, with smaller arches projecting from each straight border. The pious verse, inscribed in thuluth script, is set against an openwork ground of spiraling arabesque scrolls. Cut-steel panels were a specialty in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Iran, though few survive in such good condition.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.is1987.14.R.tif
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MMA_.is1987.14.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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