Wine Jug (Mashrabe)
ca. 1450-1500 (made)
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Wine jug, bulbous body with cylindrical neck, decorated in horizontal registers of dense foliate scroll pattern, within which is integrated a linked sequence of small epigraphic cartouches and cruciform panels
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cast brass with engraved decoration, gold and silver inlay and cross-hatched background |
| Brief description | Wine jug, brass alloy with silver and gold inlay, decorated with dense foliate pattern and poetic inscriptions, possibly Herat, Timurid Iran, 1450-1500 |
| Physical description | Wine jug, bulbous body with cylindrical neck, decorated in horizontal registers of dense foliate scroll pattern, within which is integrated a linked sequence of small epigraphic cartouches and cruciform panels |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Around the neck, Arabic inscription)
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| Object history | Base inscribed "No.46" and "400". |
| Bibliographic reference | A.S. Melikian-Chirvani, Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, 8-18th centuries (London: HMSO, 1982) no.116. |
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| Accession number | 750-1889 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2005 |
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