The Buckley Ewer
Ewer
950-1050 (made)
950-1050 (made)
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This splendid cut-glass piece is known as the Buckley Ewer, after a former owner. Its shape and decoration are based on silver ewers, including the decorative thumb-rest in the form of two small birds. However, it is also clearly related to prestigious contemporary ewers (Museum no. 7904-1862) carved from rock crystal for the Fatimid rulers of Egypt (969-1171).
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Title | The Buckley Ewer (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Glass, cut |
Brief description | Ewer (the 'Buckley Ewer'), clear, colourless relief-cut glass, Iraq or Iran, 950-1050. |
Physical description | Ewer, cut glass, with decoration in high relief. |
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Credit line | Wilfred Buckley Collection |
Object history | This ewer is a close imitation of rock-crystal ewers, possibly created in the same workshops in Cairo. (SC 1992) Known as the 'Buckley Ewer' after a previous owner, Wilfrid Buckley. |
Production | This piece seems a close imitation of rock-crystal ewers, possibly cut in the same workshops in Cairo. SC 1992 |
Summary | This splendid cut-glass piece is known as the Buckley Ewer, after a former owner. Its shape and decoration are based on silver ewers, including the decorative thumb-rest in the form of two small birds. However, it is also clearly related to prestigious contemporary ewers (Museum no. 7904-1862) carved from rock crystal for the Fatimid rulers of Egypt (969-1171). |
Bibliographic reference | Tim Stanley ed., with Mariam Rosser-Owen and Stephen Vernoit, Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Middle East, London, V&A Publications, 2004, pp. 94-95, plate 107 |
Other number | 8218 - Glass gallery number |
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Accession number | C.126-1936 |
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Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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