Mirror (ayine)
Mirror
13th century (cast)
13th century (cast)
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Flat disc, with a slighly rounded, slanting rim that is fractionally higher than the moulded relief decoration, fitted with a handle The handle has worn incised scroll decoration. The handle is piereced at its tip.
The mirror back is decorated in moulded relief. Five circular cartouches frame human faces with puffed-out cheeks, wearing three-pointed head dresses. The ground is decorated with raised dots.
Patina: deep brown. green sulphurous patches suggest recent oxidation as a result of exposure to humidity.
The mirror back is decorated in moulded relief. Five circular cartouches frame human faces with puffed-out cheeks, wearing three-pointed head dresses. The ground is decorated with raised dots.
Patina: deep brown. green sulphurous patches suggest recent oxidation as a result of exposure to humidity.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Mirror (ayine) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Brass cast in one |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Cast bronze, Iran, 13th c. 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, fitted with a handle The handle has worn incised scroll decoration. The handle is piereced at its tip. The mirror back is decorated in moulded relief. Five circular cartouches frame human faces with puffed-out cheeks, wearing three-pointed head dresses. The ground is decorated with raised dots. Patina: deep brown. green sulphurous patches suggest recent oxidation as a result of exposure to humidity. |
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| Object history | This object was sold to the Museum in late 1896, through the Istanbul art-dealers Kevork Ispenian and Antoin Brimo (410 Grand Rue de Pera), as part of a larger consignment of ceramics, metalwork and woodwork. Caspar Purdon Clarke (then Director of the Art Museum) conducted the purchase, and described Ispenian as "the leading dealer in Pera" (V&A Archives). |
| Associated object | M.14-1950 (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 | 20-1897 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2003 |
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