Pilgrim Flask

CultureIndian
Titles
  • Pilgrim Flask
Date17th century
MediumBrass; cast and incised
Dimensions11 1/4 × 10 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (28.6 × 26.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Friends of Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object number2015.577
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
114 Islamic Art Gallery
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Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, April 2010, Lot 166]; Mohammed Rezai, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 2015.

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