jug
- Museum number
- 1878,1230.731
- Description
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Lidded jug (mashraba). Globular-shaped body on a low, slightly splayed, foot ring; cylindrical neck with thick rim; neck and body joined by moulded collar; rounded cover (lid) with knobbed finial. Engraved with Persian inscriptions presenting five 'bayts' from a single ghazal by Hafiz. Missing characteristic dragon handle associated with this type of vessel.
Brass, inlaid with silver and gold.
- Production date
- 1480-1500
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.50 inches (with cover)
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Height: 14.20 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This mashraba, or jug, belongs to a group of several similarly shaped inlaid brass vessels produced in the 1400s. Verses engraved into cartouches around the neck and body in thuluth script by the Persian Sufi poet Hafiz (died 1328–9) allude to the function of the vessel, which was meant to hold wine. The lid is more worn than the jug itself and the style of the inscription and decoration do not match, implying that the two were married together at a later date.
Previously attributed to Iran.
- Location
- On display (G42/dc6)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2014 30 Mar - 29 Jun, Dallas Museum of Art, 'Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World'
2013 - 14 24 Oct - 9 Feb, Seville, Focus-Abengoa Foundation, 'Nur'
2011 March-July, London, BM, 'No Equal in All the World: Artistic Legacies from Herat, Afghanistan'
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1878,1230.731
