Cap with striped inscribed silk

1300s
Overall: 11.4 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
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Blue and white silk has been pieced to form a hat with the joins concealed by pink plaited ribbons. Bands of crescent moons alternate first with band of running deer and lions and then with band of Arabic inscriptions written in Naskhi script.
Cap with striped inscribed silk

Cap with striped inscribed silk

1300s

Egypt or Syria, Mamluk period, probably Sultanate of Nasir al-Din Muhammad, 1293-1341

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