Basin

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Basin
Dateearly 14th century
MediumBrass; engraved and originally inlaid with silver
Dimensions8 1/8 × 19 3/4 diameter (20.6 × 50.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cathy and Vahid Kooros in honor of Senator Kazem Kooros
Object number2010.218
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceVahid Kooros, Houston; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Incribed on the border: "al-janab al-'ali al-mawlawi al-ma / liki al-'adili al-ghaz / al-mujahidi al-murabiti al-mathaghiri al-mu'ayyadi / al-makhdumi al-kafili al-mudabbiri al-qawami / al-sayyidi al-zahiri ... (repair) ... / ... al-ghiyathi al-maliki al-nasiri"

"His High Excellency, the Lord, the Possessor, the Learned, the Just, the Conqueror, the Holy warrior, the Defender, the Protector of frontiers, the one Helped (by God), the Well-served, the Viceroy, the Leader, the Support, the Master, the Help ...(repair), the Rescuer (Ghiyath al-Din), [the officer of] al Malik al- Nasir."

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