Jug13th century

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Title: Jug
Place Made: Syria
Date Made: 13th century
Medium: Bronze, cast and engraved
Dimensions: Height: 8 7/8 in. (22.54 cm); Diameter: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.586
Classification: Metal
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: The remarkable simplicity of this bronze ewer draws attention to its elegantly balanced shape, mirrorlike surface, and minimal decoration: an engraved line at its mouth and the top of the body. Despite its seeming unpretentiousness, the ewer would have been considered a luxury object due to its high level of craftsmanship and its fabrication in metal, a costly material.
Selected 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.

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Title: Jug
Place Made: Syria
Date Made: 13th century
Medium: Bronze, cast and engraved
Dimensions: Height: 8 7/8 in. (22.54 cm); Diameter: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.586
Classification: Metal
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: The remarkable simplicity of this bronze ewer draws attention to its elegantly balanced shape, mirrorlike surface, and minimal decoration: an engraved line at its mouth and the top of the body. Despite its seeming unpretentiousness, the ewer would have been considered a luxury object due to its high level of craftsmanship and its fabrication in metal, a costly material.
Selected 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.