29 février 2016
Asian Art Museum presents striking works from three influential Islamic empires
Pen box, with reed pen in penholder, from the gun set of Mahmud I , approx. 1732 (Ottoman period (1300–1922)). Turkey. Gilded silver, emeralds, rubies (or spinels), and reed tip. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903, 51.78...