Mirror (ayine)
Mirror
13th century (cast)
13th century (cast)
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| Place of origin |
Flat disc, with a slighly rounded, slanting rim that is fractionally higher than the moulded relief decoration.
The mirror back is decorated in moulded relief. Five circular cartouches frame human faces with puffed-out cheeks, wearing three-pointed head-dresses. The surrounding ground is moulded with a repeat pattern of inter-secting circles which form hexagons. Raised moulded beads mark the points of intersection.
Patina: dull brown, the salient parts of the low relief rubbed to a brassy yellow. The back of the pocked with needle-point cavities.
The mirror back is decorated in moulded relief. Five circular cartouches frame human faces with puffed-out cheeks, wearing three-pointed head-dresses. The surrounding ground is moulded with a repeat pattern of inter-secting circles which form hexagons. Raised moulded beads mark the points of intersection.
Patina: dull brown, the salient parts of the low relief rubbed to a brassy yellow. The back of the pocked with needle-point cavities.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Mirror (ayine) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Cast bell-metal |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Bell metal, Iran, 13th century, Islamic. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170 |
| Physical description | Flat disc, with a slighly rounded, slanting rim that is fractionally higher than the moulded relief decoration. The mirror back is decorated in moulded relief. Five circular cartouches frame human faces with puffed-out cheeks, wearing three-pointed head-dresses. The surrounding ground is moulded with a repeat pattern of inter-secting circles which form hexagons. Raised moulded beads mark the points of intersection. Patina: dull brown, the salient parts of the low relief rubbed to a brassy yellow. The back of the pocked with needle-point cavities. |
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| Object history | Given by Mrs Swinburne, 12 May 1950 Historical significance: A similar mirror with a handle is shown in the 'Survey of Persian Art', pl. 1302 H |
| Associated object | 20-1897 (Version) |
| Bibliographic reference | Melikian-Chirvani, A.S. Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, London:HMSO, 1982, p230, ISBN 0 11 290252 9 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.14-1950 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2003 |
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