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Kalamdan (pen case), papier mâché and leather
Turkey; 17th-18th century
H: 10.5; W: 9.2; L: 34.5 cm
A number of Ottoman pen cases of this kind have been preserved, the most famous in the collection of Türkenbeute in Karlsruhe mainly taken from the Ottomans at their siege of Vienna in 1683.
The embossed and partly gilded cloud band decoration is characteristic of Turkish work in the 16th-18th century, when bookbindings with similar ornamentation were also made. The pen case has room inside both for pens and for various calligrapher’s tools.
Lent to the exhibition
And all that is in between
The Islamic Arts Biennale 2025, AlMadar, Western Hajj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
January 25 - May 25, 2025
The embossed and partly gilded cloud band decoration is characteristic of Turkish work in the 16th-18th century, when bookbindings with similar ornamentation were also made. The pen case has room inside both for pens and for various calligrapher’s tools.
Lent to the exhibition
And all that is in between
The Islamic Arts Biennale 2025, AlMadar, Western Hajj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
January 25 - May 25, 2025
Inv. no. 13/1985
Published in:
Sotheby’s, London, 15/10-1984, lot 172;
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no. 14;
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 112;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 91;
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no. 14;
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 112;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 91;