Lunch Box

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Lunch Box

Syria, second half of 15th century
Sculpture
Bronze, engraved and tinned
6 x 16 x 9 1/2 in. (15.24 x 40.64 x 24.13 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.603a-b)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This curious object was probably used to store food for a member of the ruling military elite in late medieval Egypt and Syria while he was traveling....
This curious object was probably used to store food for a member of the ruling military elite in late medieval Egypt and Syria while he was traveling. The status of its owner is suggested by the heraldic device, known as a blazon, repeated in the medallions on the cover and body of the richly decorated box. Perhaps as a means of traveling light, the cover of the container may have served a secondary function as a dish; when turned upside down, the round handle would become the foot of the nicely sized dining vessel. Just as people do today, this fifteenth-century traveler sought to maintain all the comforts of home.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.
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