Bowl
Probable place made:Shiraz, Fars province, Iran
Culture: Iranian
Date: 14th century
Medium: Brass with gold and silver inlay
Dimensions:
h. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm); diam. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown
Object number: 2006.6.12
Provenance: sold, François de Ricqles, Archéologie et Arts d'Orient, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Mar. 21, 1996, lot 259, to Lenora Brown and Walter F. Brown (1930-2014), San Antonio; Lenora and Walter F. Brown, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2006
Published References
J. Powers and J. Johnston, eds., San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2012), 61.
Label Text
A fine example of the consummate craftsmanship and artistry of the late medieval Islamic metalsmith, the exterior of this bowl is decorated with six calligraphic cartouches alternating with six horsemen. On the interior, at the bottom of the vessel, a circle of whimsical fish hints that the bowl was intended as a water container. The bowl is also inscribed with the names of its previous owners.
(G. D. Scott, III, 1999)
(G. D. Scott, III, 1999)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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