Wine Bowl (Badiye)
1617 (made)
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The wine bowl (badiye) is dated 1026 AH/9 January-28 December 1617. It is made of copper which has been cast and tinned. It is decorated with engraved designs inlaid with black composition on hatched ground, all in the style of contemporary Western Iranian metalwork. The inscriptions on the outside of the rim, first reproduced by A.S. Melikian-Chirvani in his catalogue of Iranian metalwork in the V&A (Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World 8-18th centuries, HMSO 1982, cat. 165) are written in nasta'aliq and include verses by Hafez. There is also an inscription identifying the owner, Khwaja Muhammad Bajiv (?) Kashmiri, and the date. The bowl was bought for the museum in Kashmir for £1 4s by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his Indian purchasing trip in 1881-2. Given the Kashmiri owner, the 19th century provenance and characteristics of the design, it is likely that the bowl was made in Kashmir.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | copper, cast engraved and tinned |
| Brief description | Wine bowl; copper, cast and tinned; decorated with engraved designs inlaid with black composition on hatched ground. Kashmir, dated 1026/9 January - 28 December 1617 |
| Physical description | Wine bowl; copper, cast and tinned, with engraved champleve designs inlaid with black composition on hatched ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | [Persian verses by Hafez in mozare' metre] (Translation published by A.S. Melikian-Chirvani, Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World 8-18 centuries, HMSO, London, 1982, cat. 165, pp 350-1,citing the source: Hafez, Divan, ed Sayyed Anjavi Shirazi, Tehran, 2535 sh./1976, p. 215)
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| Object history | Bought in Kashmir for £1 4s by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881-2. |
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| Literary reference | Verses engraved on the bowl are by Hafez |
| Summary | The wine bowl (badiye) is dated 1026 AH/9 January-28 December 1617. It is made of copper which has been cast and tinned. It is decorated with engraved designs inlaid with black composition on hatched ground, all in the style of contemporary Western Iranian metalwork. The inscriptions on the outside of the rim, first reproduced by A.S. Melikian-Chirvani in his catalogue of Iranian metalwork in the V&A (Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World 8-18th centuries, HMSO 1982, cat. 165) are written in nasta'aliq and include verses by Hafez. There is also an inscription identifying the owner, Khwaja Muhammad Bajiv (?) Kashmiri, and the date. The bowl was bought for the museum in Kashmir for £1 4s by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his Indian purchasing trip in 1881-2. Given the Kashmiri owner, the 19th century provenance and characteristics of the design, it is likely that the bowl was made in Kashmir. |
| Bibliographic reference | Melikian-Chirvani, A.S.Islamic Metalwork from Iranian Lands (8th-18th centuries), Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition April-May 1976, p. 18.
Melikian-Chirvani, A.S. Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World 8-18th centuries, HMSO, London, 1982, cat 165, pp. 350-351 |
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| Accession number | IS.1408-1883 |
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| Record created | January 2, 2003 |
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