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Details
- Dimensions
- 8ʺW × 2.5ʺD × 2ʺH
- Period
- Mid 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- Lebanon
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- good good less
- Description
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Micro Mosaic Persian Islamic Moorish Inlaid Jewelry Pen Box.
1950s Middle Eastern Moorish Inlaid Jewelry Trinket Mosaic Box.
Handcrafted marquetry … more Micro Mosaic Persian Islamic Moorish Inlaid Jewelry Pen Box.
1950s Middle Eastern Moorish Inlaid Jewelry Trinket Mosaic Box.
Handcrafted marquetry Moorish wood inlay micro mosaic with miniature hand painted top.
Handcrafted marquetry Middle Eastern wood inlay micro mosaic with miniature hand painted top.
Mosaic marquetry outside and red velvet lined.
Marquetry in gold, green, cobalt blue design.
Size is 8" x 2.5" x 2" height.
Overall good condition.
Great Islamic Moorish Art collector museum quality piece on this miniature painting on wood.
Probably made In Lebanon or Egypt.
About Khatam Artwork: Khatam is a Persian version of marquetry, art forms made by decorating the surface of wooden articles with delicate pieces of wood, metal and other natural substances precisely-cut geometrical shapes.
Anglo Indian Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid. Intricate inlaid Anglo Indian box with geometric Moorish Sadeli design in an rectangular shape form with micro mosaic marquetry, very fine artwork. Museum collector piece like the one in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum. The repeating geometric patterns of Sadeli Mosaic are what give it beauty and richness. This decorative technique is a type of micro mosaic featuring repeating geometric patterns. A highly skilled craft, it has had a long history in India and the Middle East with early examples dating back to the 16th century. In the 1800s, it became popular as a decoration on a variety of boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a center of making them, they became known as Bombay boxes. The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before Indian boxes appeared. The designs on early boxes look deceptively simple. The fact is they emerged from a culture which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity isn’t immediately apparent to the viewer.
Moorish Jewelry, Islamic Mosaic, Middle Eastern Mosaic, Micro Mosaic Inlay, Egyptian Jewelry Box, Inlaid Trinket Box,
Mid Century Wood Trinket Box, Islamic Inlaid Boxes, Islamic Marquetry, Miniature Trinket Box, Middle Eastern Jewelry Box, Middle Eastern Mosaic Moorish Box, Asian Trinket Boxes, Islamic Mosaic Box, Islamic Miniature, Middle Eastern Miniature Painting. less
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