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品名（中）	笔筒
品名（英）	Pen Box
入馆年号	1889年，89.2.194
策展部门	伊斯兰艺术（Islamic Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1200 - 公元 1299
创作地区	归属于: 伊拉克北部或伊朗西部, 阿尔贾兹拉（Attributed to: Northern Iraq or Western Iran, Al-Jazira）
分类	金属（Metal）
尺寸	Box closed: 高 2 1/2 英寸 (6.4 厘米) 宽 8 7/8 英寸 (22.5 厘米) 深 1 11/16 英寸 (4.3 厘米) Wt, 13.3 盎司 (377.1 g) Box opened: 高 4 7/8 英寸 (12.4 厘米) 宽 8 7/8 英寸 (22.5 厘米) 深 1 3/16 英寸 (3 厘米)
介绍（中）	穆斯林金属工人生产了大量的笔盒，其中许多都用金、银和铜的镶嵌物装饰得很华丽。典型的中世纪伊斯兰书法家的笔盒是一个细长的长方形物体，有圆角，长约10英寸，宽约3英寸，高约2英寸。在其简单的结构中，它由主体和盖子组成，其中一个长边有两个铰链，另一侧有一个搭扣。内部包括一个容器，用于将墨水池固定在一个角落，而剩余的空间则保留给各种芦苇笔和铅笔刀。目前的笔盒展示了一个典型的整体镶银装饰，将书法、植物和人物设计结合在外表面和内表面。然而，它的独特之处在于，盖子上的主区域被三个圆形占据，这些圆形描绘了月球两侧分别是双鱼座和天秤座的木星和金星。因此，这个盒子也具有占星意义，很可能与主人的出生有关，而月亮则具有护身符的意义，因为它的图像象征性地保护了整个物体。
介绍（英）	Muslim metalworkers produced large numbers of pen boxes, many of which were richly decorated with inlays of gold, silver, and copper. A typical medieval Islamic calligrapher's pen box is an elongated rectangular object with rounded corners, about ten inches long, three inches wide, and two inches tall. In its simple construction, it is composed of a main body and a lid with two hinges along one of the long sides and a clasp on the opposite side. The interior includes a receptacle to hold the inkwell in one corner while the remaining space is reserved for a variety of reed pens and penknives. The present pen box shows a typical overall silver-inlaid decoration combining calligraphic, vegetal, and figural designs both on the exterior and the interior surfaces. It is, however, unique in that the main field on the lid is occupied by three roundels depicting the Moon flanked by the planets Jupiter and Venus in the zodiacal signs of Pisces and Libra, respectively. The box therefore also had an astrological significance, being most likely associated with the owner's birth, whereas the moon took on a talismanic relevance, since its image symbolically protected the entire object.