Bowl
1600-1650 (made)
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Bell-metal bowl, cast and turned with flat base, curved sides. Engraved and inlaid with black composition on a hatched ground. Decorative scheme consists of en epigraphic band enclosed by six horixontal cartouches separated by quatrefoils below the rim. The main area of the body is covered by an overall design combining three overlapping repeating patterns. Balancing the epigraphic band at the top, a band of equal width runs at the bottom containing stylized trilobed lotus blossoms, pointed downwards. On the edge of the underside are 108 interlocking tri-lobed arches, and at the centre a double circle incised with dividers. Incised circles appear on the inner surface. Repair from rim to rim.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | bell-metal bowl, cast and turned with engraved and inlaid decoration of black composition |
| Brief description | Metalwork. Bowl, bell-metal brass alloy, with engraved decoration and inscriptions in Persian and Armenian, Isfahan, Safavid Iran, 1600-1650 |
| Physical description | Bell-metal bowl, cast and turned with flat base, curved sides. Engraved and inlaid with black composition on a hatched ground. Decorative scheme consists of en epigraphic band enclosed by six horixontal cartouches separated by quatrefoils below the rim. The main area of the body is covered by an overall design combining three overlapping repeating patterns. Balancing the epigraphic band at the top, a band of equal width runs at the bottom containing stylized trilobed lotus blossoms, pointed downwards. On the edge of the underside are 108 interlocking tri-lobed arches, and at the centre a double circle incised with dividers. Incised circles appear on the inner surface. Repair from rim to rim. |
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| Gallery label | BOWL
Bell-metal, cast and turned, with engraved champleve decoration
Iran (Isfahan), 17th century.
Inscribed with verses, and with the name of the Armenian patron.(pre 2002) |
| Object history | The shape of this bowl goes back to late Samanid prototypes from Khorasan, while the decoration is is in pure Western Safavid style of the Shah 'Abbas I period.The stylistic diversity of Safavid wares with Armenian inscriptions suggests there were different schools producing such wares in different regions of Iran. This piece, in addition to 718.1910 and a bowl in the Louvre on loan from the Musee de Cluny are high quality examples of the Armenian Safavid court style. |
| Production | Isfahan |
| Bibliographic reference | A. S. Melikian-Chirvani, Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, 8-18th Centuries , London, 1982, pp.345-6, cat. no. 161 |
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| Accession number | 791-1901 |
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| Record created | May 28, 2002 |
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