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  1. The lid of this globular box gleams with turquoise, garnet, and gold inlay, arranged in precise radiating petals. Such lavish ornament suggests a vessel meant to hold not just objects, but status—perhaps for cosmetics or relics in a royal household. What does the absence of figural imagery reveal about the culture that crafted it?

    #ClevelandMuseumofArt #IslamicArt #LuxuryCraftsmanship
    clevelandart.org/art/1989.348