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Covered Bowl

1678 (made)

Middle East, Islamic Metalwork. For a bowl, tinned copper engraved with animal designs, Iran, dated AH 1089 (AD 1678). Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170.

Middle East, Islamic Metalwork. Tinned copper engraved with animal designs, Iran, dated AH 1089 (AD 1678). Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170.

Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Lid
  • Bowl
Brief description
Middle East, Islamic Metalwork. For a bowl, tinned copper engraved with animal designs, Iran, dated AH 1089 (AD 1678). Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170.

Middle East, Islamic Metalwork. Tinned copper engraved with animal designs, Iran, dated AH 1089 (AD 1678). Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170.
Dimensions
  • Body diameter: 35cm
Gallery label
COVERED BOWL Tinned copper engraved with designs of animals. PERSIAN; dated A.H. 1089 (A.D. 1678)(Used until 10/2002)
Bibliographic references
  • A. S. Melikian-Chirvani, Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, 8-18th Centuries, London, 1982, pp.337-8, cat. no. 156
  • La Perse et la France: relations diplomatiques et culturelles du XVIIe au XIXe siecle (Paris: Musée Cernuschi, 1972) no.38
  • John Curtis, Ina Sarikhani Sandmann and Tim Stanley, Epic Iran: 5000 Years of Culture, London: V&A Publishing, 2021, p.157, cat. no. 122.
Collection
Accession number
983:1, 2-1886

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Record createdJuly 29, 2005
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