Ewer
BackDescription:
Brass jug ('mashrabah'); globular body on a low, slightly splayed, foot-ring; cylindrical neck with a thick rim; the neck and body are joined by a moulded collar; cast, decorated with silver and gold inlay, with cross-hatched background; it lacks the characteristic dragon handle and the chain attached to the rim is a later addition. Inscribed in Persian around the neck, body (illegible) and underside, the last giving the name of the maker and date. Brass, cast and inlaid with silver and gold; metal chain attached.
Object type: | ewer |
Museum number: | 1962,0718.1 |
Culture/period: | Timurid dynasty |
Date: | 11 April 1498 (AH 903, middle of Sha'ban) |
Production place: | Made in: Herat (?) |
Materials: | brass, gold, silver |
Technique: | cast, inlaid |
Dimensions: | Height: 13.00 cm Diameter: 12.50 cm |
Inscriptions: | Inscription details: inscription in Persian in Thuluth script Inscription quoted: Inscription translation: (1) Around the neck, in 'thulth' script: "The most mighty sultan, the glorified Khaqan, the master of the kings of the Arabs and the non-Arabs, he that is supported by the beneficent king, the sultan, son of the sultan, he that glorifies the sultanate, the world and the faith, Abu'l-Ghazi Sultan Husayn Bahadur, may God perpetuate his kingdom [illegible] the state [?]". (2) Around the wide central register of the body, within cartouches, in 'thulth' script: [Persian verse, no longer legible]. (3) On the underside of the base, in 'thulth' script: "Made by the poor miserable slave, Muhammad ibn Shamsi [Shams al-Din] al-Ghuri, in the middle of the month of Sha'ban the glorified, [in the] year of the 'hijrah' nine hundred and three [11 April 1498]". Inscription: Inscription details: signature Inscription quoted: Inscription translation: Muhammad ibn Shams al-Din al-Ghuri Inscription note: name of the maker |
Location: | 11 |
Exhibition history: | Exhibited: 2014-2015 13 Dec-15 Mar, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' 2014 23 Apr-01 Aug, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' 1989 13 Aug-5 Nov, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), 'Timur and the Princely Vision: Persian Art and Culture in the Fifteenth Century' 1989 16 Apr-6 Jul, Washington, D.C., Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 'Timur and the Princely Vision: Persian Art and Culture in the Fifteenth Century' |
Acquisition names: | Purchased from: Berkeley Galleries |
Acquisition date: | 1962 |
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