Bezoar Stone with Case and Stand

Medium

Container: silver; pierced, chased, and mercury-gilded Goa stone: compound of organic and inorganic materials; mercury-gilded

Dimensions

Altogether: .1, .2a,b, .3: H. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm) Diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) Wt. 2.4 oz. (68 g) Goa Stone: .1: H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) Diam. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) Wt. 1 oz. (28.4 g) Case: .2a,b, together: H. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) Diam. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) Wt. 1 oz. (28.4 g) Stand: .3: H. 1 in. (2.5 cm) Diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) Wt. 0.4 oz. (11.3 g)

Classification

Metal

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon S. Haight, 1980

Accession Number

1980.228.1, .2a, b, .3

Rights

Public Domain