Water Jar (habb)

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Water Jar (habb)

Iraq, 12th century
Ceramics
Earthenware, molded, applied, and incised decoration
23 × 15 1/2 in. (58.42 × 39.37 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.82)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1 MAP IT
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Curator Notes

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This type of unglazed jar, or habb, served as a water cistern. Because of its ungainly ovoid shape with rounded bottom, it would have been placed in the ground or set on some form of support in order to stand upright. Water vessels of this type (also see M.73.5.710) were typically covered with relief decoration combining abstract and figural motifs that were left unglazed, so that their porosity allowed not only for the filtering of impurities but also for evaporation, which kept the water cool.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.
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