The next Late at The Courtauld Gallery will take place on Thursday 10 April 2014, from 18.00 to 21.00. Enjoy a night of art, craft and music inspired by the exhibition Court and Craft: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq.
This exhibition focuses one of the most rare and beautiful objects in the collection of The Courtauld Gallery: 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 musicians, hunters and revellers, it ranks as one of the finest pieces of Islamic inlaid metalwork in existence. A rhyming inscription, composed specifically for the bag, and intricate geometric patterns complete the decoration of this splendid luxury item. No other object of this kind survives. The exhibition explores the origins, function and imagery of this masterpiece, as well as the cultural context in which it was made
