Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket. Circa 1550 Drawings & Prints The very top (looking down)

The very top (looking down) and the writing surface is finely inlaid with Chinese porcelain vessels

the plate having a scalloped rim

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132 cm X 91

A highly important engraved Islamic combination locking brass casket

Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket. Circa 1550 Drawings & Prints The very top (looking down)A highly important engraved Islamic combination locking brass casket, based on a design by the 12th Century Arab inventor & artist Ismail Al Jazari. Circa 1550. The casket from the mid 16th century (or possibly earlier) Safavid period & having a hinged lid with riveted strapwork. There are four dials on the top of the lid and they are repeated on each of the four sides, each dial having circular engraved bands with Arabic letters, the casket is