Pencase and Inkwell

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Pencase and Inkwell

Turkey, 18th century
Lacquer
Painted lacquer and brass
1 11/16 x 11 3/8 in. (4.29 x 28.89 cm)
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.85.237.78a-c)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Even with the advent of mechanical printing in the eighteenth century, calligraphy remained an important art form in the Islamic world, particularly in Ottoman Turkey, as can be seen in the continued ...
Even with the advent of mechanical printing in the eighteenth century, calligraphy remained an important art form in the Islamic world, particularly in Ottoman Turkey, as can be seen in the continued embellishment of calligrapher’s tools. Cylindrical cases like this lacquer one were a popular form that allowed calligraphers to transport documents and tools, such as the small brass inkwell that cleverly slides into the bottom of the case.
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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.
  • Denny, Walter B.  Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edward Binney, 3rd.  Portland, OR:  Portland Art Museum, 1979.
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