nov 10, 1320 - Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)
Description:
brass inlaid with gold and silversigned 6 times by artist Mohammed ibn al-Zain
FRIEZE
commissioned for someone who wasn't muslim- absence of islamic calligraphy and direct use of human and animal figures
used to baptise children of the french royal family
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Date:
nov 10, 1320
Now
~ 705 years ago