Lidded ivory box with guilloche borders, a band of infinite-repetition geometric pattern (square plan of repetition) and an inscription in naskhi script, invoking ‘Glory to our lord the Sultan’ and ‘And there is none victorious other than God’
Inv. no. LNS 7 I
Lathe-turned and carved from elephant tusk, with gilded silver fittings
Height 8.3 cm; diameter 8.5 cm
Spain, 14th century AD
8th century AH
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