Artists' ToolsOttoman18th century
A Turkish Scribe's Kit
1757-1774
Description
A: inkwell, height 5.7 cm B: lacquer pen box, length 29.2 cm C-D: two scissors, length 14.2 cm and 23.5 cm E: mother-of-pearl pen-rest, length 13.3 cm F-H: three knives, length 20 cm, 19.3 cm and 16.8 cm
Dimensions
29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Provenance
[Abdul Kent, Istanbul Hilton Hotel, 5 December 1968], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1968, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.
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