Court and Craft: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq
Court and Craft: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq at London’s Courtauld Gallery (20 February to 18 May 2014) explores one of the most rare and beautiful objects in the collection of this academic institution, part of the University of London. It is a brass bag inlaid with gold and silver, made in Northern Iraq around 1300. Decorated with a courtly scene showing a couple surrounded by their retinue of courtiers as well as...