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Overview
An ivory casket carved in Cordoba in 968 CE for the Umayyad prince al-Mughira ibn Abd al-Rahman III, with hunting scenes, musicians and carved monastic motifs on very thin Andalusian ivory. 1
Impact
Held in the Louvre; it is regarded as the height of Islamic ivory carving and one of the most famous rare survivals of al-Andalus. 1
People and things also explored
Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Horse colours and markings in Timurid painting· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Arabic calligraphy and its teaching
Sources
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islam.museum contributors. “Pyxis of al-Mughira”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/pyxis-al-mughira/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.