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Tomb Key

1580
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueCast iron, handle hinged and fretted
DimensionsL: 32.5 cm (12 13/16 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number24.128
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ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
InscriptionsCursive naskhi script on 3 sides and front, giving the name of Sultan Muhammad Khudabanda and the date, 1580.
ProvenanceLent by F. G. Macomber, April 18,1910. Bought of Kelekian. Returned December 21, 1923. Purchased from the sale of Macomber's Collection of Near Eastern Objects at the American Art Association, from the Arthur Mason Knapp Fund, March 6, 1924.
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