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Luxury Ewer Extending Good Fortune to the Owner
The collection record classifies this work as metalwork. It is dated 1223. Recorded culture or place: Iraq, possibly Mosul, Zangid or Artugid Period, 13th Century.
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- Museum title
- Luxury Ewer Extending Good Fortune to the Owner
- Date
- 1223
- Culture / origin
- Iraq, possibly Mosul, Zangid or Artugid Period, 13th Century
- Materials and technique
- brass inlaid with silver; lid and base added later
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 26.6 cm (10 1/2 in.); Overall: 37.9 cm (14 15/16 in.); Diameter of base: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili (Iraqi, Mosul, active early 1200s?)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1956.11
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This silver inlaid ewer was produced for luxury clientele. The wide band around the body of the vessel displays vignettes of daily and courtly life contained within multilobed medallions. Some of the scenes feature falconry, hunting, dancing, and several groups of musicians. All these scenes are set off against a skillfully executed arabesque background—a pervasive motif in Islamic art characterized by interwoven vegetal and curvilinear elements. An inscription around the ewer’s shoulder extends good fortune, prosperity, and peace to the owner. The ewer is dated 1223 and signed by the master craftsman Ahmad al-Dhaki of Mosul.
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