CulturePersian
Titles
- High-spouted Ewer
Datelate 12th century
MediumBrass; raised, repoussé, inlaid with silver and copper
Dimensions15 1/8 × 8 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (38.4 × 21.3 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Friends of Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object number2014.1
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Art of the Islamic WorldsObject Type
Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, October 9, 2013, sale L13223, "Arts of the Islamic World: Property from the Guerrand-Hermès Collection", lot 17]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Around the shoulder, in cursive:
al-‘izz wa al-iqbal wa al-dawla wa al-salama wa al-sa’ada wa al-‘inaya wa al-faragha wa al-raha wa al-‘afiya wa albikra wa al-tamma wa al-ra’ya (?)
‘Glory and Prosperity and Wealth and Well-being and Happiness and Sympathy and Inner calm and Ease and Health and Novelty (?) and Entirety and ….’
On the neck, in cursive:
al-‘izz wa al-iqbal (?) wa al-‘inaya wa al-kira[ma]
‘Glory and Prosperity (?) and Sympathy and Generosity’
Around the neck, in Kufic:
al-baraka wa …. wa al-salama
‘Blessing and … and Well-being’
The two bands on the body and around the base in Kufic bear similar benedictory text, including:
bi’l-yumn wa al-baraka wa al-dawla wa al-salama wa al-sa’ada was al-tamma wa al-shifa’a wa al-shakira
‘With Good-fortune and Blessing and Wealth and Well-being and Happiness and Entirety and [Prophet’s] Intercession and Gratitude’
al-‘izz wa al-iqbal wa al-dawla wa al-salama wa al-sa’ada wa al-‘inaya wa al-faragha wa al-raha wa al-‘afiya wa albikra wa al-tamma wa al-ra’ya (?)
‘Glory and Prosperity and Wealth and Well-being and Happiness and Sympathy and Inner calm and Ease and Health and Novelty (?) and Entirety and ….’
On the neck, in cursive:
al-‘izz wa al-iqbal (?) wa al-‘inaya wa al-kira[ma]
‘Glory and Prosperity (?) and Sympathy and Generosity’
Around the neck, in Kufic:
al-baraka wa …. wa al-salama
‘Blessing and … and Well-being’
The two bands on the body and around the base in Kufic bear similar benedictory text, including:
bi’l-yumn wa al-baraka wa al-dawla wa al-salama wa al-sa’ada was al-tamma wa al-shifa’a wa al-shakira
‘With Good-fortune and Blessing and Wealth and Well-being and Happiness and Entirety and [Prophet’s] Intercession and Gratitude’
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