Agate Amulet

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

Agate Amulet

Maker not identified

Date
mid-18th century
Medium
Agate; inscribed with black inlay
Dimensions
H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) W. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Object type
Amulet
Classification
Stone
Country
Iran
Object number
2013.170
Credit line
Purchase, Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Gift, in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Louise E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art and Persian Heritage Foundation Gift, 2013

Subjects and terms

  • Amulets
  • Flowers

The Met object ID 458262. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.