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Pen Case and Inkwell

Hindu, 1700

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Pen Case and Inkwell

Hindu, 1700

Physical Qualities Metal alloy, 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm.) H
Credit Line Lockwood de Forest Collection
Object Number 1922.2.86
2 hexagonal tubes conected by pierced geometric motifs
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1922; American Art Galleries, New York; Lockwood de Forest purchased in India, probably 1914
BMA, "Diamonds in the Rough: Seldom Seen Objects from the BMA's Collection," June 20-August 13, 1989.
Collection installation, "Asia.The Art & Business of Writing", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Examples of East Indian Persian and Syro-Damascan Art and Curios forming the private collection of the widely known artist and connoisseur Lockwood De Forest, Esq. of New York City, NY: American Art Association, 1922, no. 378.

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