Footed Bowl (jam)
Footed Bowl
1200-1250 (made)
1200-1250 (made)
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The bowl with rounded walls curving very slightly inwards and resting on a narrow, low foot with incurving sides.
A continuous epigraphic frieze runs around the rim. Below this the engraved and silver-inlaid decoration consists 18 wide arches which rest on rossttes. The space within each arch is filled with six tangent discs and a downward-pointing lotus bud. Matching motifs of just two discs and one lotus bud are engraved and inlaid in the narrower intervals sparating the rossttes at the bottom. Above, in the spandrels between the srches there are looped knots and above each arch trangualr motifs with incurving sides. An epigraphic band encircles the underside of the bowl and is separated from the foot by a narrow undecorated border. Another epigraphic band, framed by two incised fillets, encircles the foot.
A continuous epigraphic frieze runs around the rim. Below this the engraved and silver-inlaid decoration consists 18 wide arches which rest on rossttes. The space within each arch is filled with six tangent discs and a downward-pointing lotus bud. Matching motifs of just two discs and one lotus bud are engraved and inlaid in the narrower intervals sparating the rossttes at the bottom. Above, in the spandrels between the srches there are looped knots and above each arch trangualr motifs with incurving sides. An epigraphic band encircles the underside of the bowl and is separated from the foot by a narrow undecorated border. Another epigraphic band, framed by two incised fillets, encircles the foot.
Object details
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| Title | Footed Bowl (jam) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bell metal cast and spun. Engraved with champlevé designs, partly inlaid with silver and filled with black composition. Alloy has not been analysed. |
| Brief description | Bowl, cast brass, engraved decoration with traces of silver inlay, epigraphic inscriptions with good wishes for the owner, Iran, 1200-1250 |
| Physical description | The bowl with rounded walls curving very slightly inwards and resting on a narrow, low foot with incurving sides. A continuous epigraphic frieze runs around the rim. Below this the engraved and silver-inlaid decoration consists 18 wide arches which rest on rossttes. The space within each arch is filled with six tangent discs and a downward-pointing lotus bud. Matching motifs of just two discs and one lotus bud are engraved and inlaid in the narrower intervals sparating the rossttes at the bottom. Above, in the spandrels between the srches there are looped knots and above each arch trangualr motifs with incurving sides. An epigraphic band encircles the underside of the bowl and is separated from the foot by a narrow undecorated border. Another epigraphic band, framed by two incised fillets, encircles the foot. |
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| Gallery label | BOWL
Bronze, damascened with silver.
SARACENIC; 14th century(Used until 10/2002) |
| Object history | Purchased for £2 10s from Robert Murdoch Smith, 21 August 1878 Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/ 1170. |
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| Accession number | 572-1878 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2003 |
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