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Wine Jug (Mashrabe)

ca. 1450-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
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
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.8cm
  • Diameter: 12.5cm (maximum)
  • Diameter: 8.7cm (rim)
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
(Around the neck, Arabic inscription)
Translation
To God belongs might, To God belongs power, To God belongs victory, To God belongs strength.
Gallery label
POT Brass with silver inlay. PERSIAN; mid 15th century(Used until 10/2002)
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.
Collection
Accession number
750-1889

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Record createdJanuary 13, 2005
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