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Ewer

1700-50 (made)
Place of origin

Ewer, copper, engraved and inlaid with black composition, with exaggerated spout and neck; Eastern Iran, probably Khorasan, first half of te 18th century.

Object details

Object type
Brief description
Ewer, copper, engraved and inlaid with black composition, with exaggerated spout and neck; Eastern Iran, probably Khorasan, first half of te 18th century.
Dimensions
  • Height: 49.5cm
  • Diameter: 22cm
Gallery label
(Used until 10/2002)
ROSEWATER EWER.
Tinned copper.
PERSIAN; 17th OR 18th CENTURY.
Object history
Bought £1 16s from Monsieur Jules RIchard through Major Robert Murdoch Smith.
Bibliographic reference
A. S. Melikian-Chirvani, Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, 8-18th Centuries , London, 1982, pp.338-340, cat. no. 157
Collection
Accession number
406-1884

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Record createdJuly 28, 2005
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