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Wine Bowl (Badiye)

1617 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 155mm (Note: As measured by Diana Heath)
  • Diameter: 236mm (Note: As measured by Diana Heath)
  • Foot ring diameter: 93mm (Note: As measured by Diana Heath)
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)
Translation
Morn has come, o cupbearer, fill our bowl with wine The whirling heavens do not tarry, make haste Before this perishable world is made a ruin Make a ruin of us with a bowl of rose-red nectar The days of roses like life itself hastened to go Cupbearer make haste pass round the rose-red nectar
Gallery label
WINE-BOWL Copper cast and engraved with champlevé decorative Kashmiri work in an Iranian style. Dated 1617. (Now BM H2 147 went to cons 24/02/98 Isead ST2 29/07/98. BM 20/09/2002)
Object history
Bought in Kashmir for £1 4s by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881-2.
Subject depicted
Association
Literary referenceVerses 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
Collection
Accession number
IS.1408-1883

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Record createdJanuary 2, 2003
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