Pen Box

Object Details

• Artist

  Shaykh Muhammad

• School/Tradition

  Mughal school

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

• Origin

  Gujarat state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1580s

• Name

  Shaykh Muhammad

• Place

  Gujarat state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Lacquer, Writing, Poetry, Lettering

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Containers