Shell with traces of blue paint

7th–10th century

Date

7th–10th century

Culture or place

Iraq

Medium

Shell; lapis lazuli pigment

Size

H. 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Th. 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)

Type

Ivories and Bone

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed