Lidded Box of Muhammad al-Hamawi, Timekeeper at the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

Medium

Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver

Dimensions

H. 4 in. (10.2 cm) W. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm) D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

Classification

Metal

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.538

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