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Octagonal Plate
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Octagonal Plate

about 1700
Object PlaceBidar, Deccan, Southern India
Medium/TechniqueBidriware: black alloy with silver and brass inlay
Dimensions3.2 x 26 cm (1 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineKeith McLeod Fund
Accession number1984.753
On View
On view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1984, purchased by the MFA from Peter Marks, New York (December 19, 1984)
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1197 A.D./ 593 A.H.
Ewer
about 1220–30
Restricted
mid-14th century
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1342–45
Basin
Late 13th century
Candlestick Base
1308–09 A.D./ A.H. 708
Candlestick
Abu Bakr ibn Hajji Jaldak
1225 A.D. / A.H. 622
18th century
Box with cover
19th century