CultureIndian
Titles
- Huqqa Base with Landscape
Datemid-17th century
MediumZinc alloy; cast, engraved, and inlaid with silver and brass (bidri ware)
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 × 7 11/16 in. (20 × 19.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2019 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala
Object number2019.700
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Art of the Islamic WorldsObject Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistorySultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.
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mid-17th century
Zinc alloy; cast, engraved, and inlaid with silver and brass (bidri ware)
2019.699
mid-17th century
Zinc alloy; cast, engraved, and inlaid with silver and brass (bidri ware)
2019.701.A,.B
late 17th–early 18th century
Zinc alloy; cast, engraved, and inlaid with silver (bidri ware)
2015.410
late 19th–early 20th century
Wood; inlaid with ebony, mother of pearl, and ivory or bone
2010.223
Dario Robleto
1998–1999
.A: Cast of found and thrift store trophy parts made with melted Aretha Franklin 45 rpm records (You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, Prove It, Chain of Fools), resin, spray paint, engraved silver label
.B: Cast of found and thrift store trophy parts made with melted Kraftwerk records (Computer World, The Man Machine, Trans-Europe Express), resin, spray paint, engraved chrome label
.C: Cast of found and thrift store trophy parts made with melted Maria Callas records (live recordings of Norma, Madame Butterfly and Tosca), resin, spray paint, engraved brass label
2008.840.A-.D