Book Cover with Tree, Birds, and Insects, Bijapur or Golconda, Deccan, India, ca. 1700
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1700
Book cover in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2022.205), catalogued by the museum's Islamic Art department under the title “Book Cover with Tree, Birds, and Insects”.
The museum dates it ca. 1700 and records its origin as Bijapur or Golconda, Deccan, India. The museum records the medium as Lacquer, opaque watercolor, and gold on leather and the dimensions as Frame: 12 15/16 × 10 1/4 × 9/16 in. (32.9 × 26.1 × 1.5 cm) Image: 9 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (23 × 16.3 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Trees. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Lacquer, opaque watercolor, and gold on leather
- Dimensions
- Frame: 12 15/16 × 10 1/4 × 9/16 in. (32.9 × 26.1 × 1.5 cm) Image: 9 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (23 × 16.3 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Lacquer
- Place recorded
- Bijapur or Golconda, Deccan, India
Identification
- Met object id
- 454815
- Museum object name
- Book cover
- Museum object number
- 2022.205
Catalogue references
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Research required
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