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A Turkish Scribe's Kit
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A: inkwell, height 5.7 cm
B: lacquer pen box, length 29.2 cm
C-D: two scissors, length 14.2 cm and 23.5 cm
E: mother-of-pearl pen-rest, length 13.3 cm
F-H: three knives, length 20 cm, 19.3 cm and 16.8 cm
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
[Abdul Kent Istanbul Hilton Hotel 5 December 1968] sold; to Edwin Binney 3rd 1968 bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums 1985.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Title: A Turkish Scribe's Kit
Description:
A: inkwell, height 5.
7 cm
B: lacquer pen box, length 29.
2 cm
C-D: two scissors, length 14.
2 cm and 23.
5 cm
E: mother-of-pearl pen-rest, length 13.
3 cm
F-H: three knives, length 20 cm, 19.
3 cm and 16.
8 cm.
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