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Basinlate 15th-early 16th century

Not on view
Engraved metal bowl with dark oxidized surface, decorated with a band of Arabic-script cartouches and circular medallions on a cross-hatched ground
Engraved metal bowl with dark patina, featuring a wide frieze of Arabic calligraphy within cartouches, bordered by geometric and interlaced ornamental bands.
Hammered metal bowl with darkened patina, featuring an engraved frieze of Arabic script within a cartouche, flanked by circular medallions and cross-hatched bands along the rim and base.
Engraved metal bowl with dark patina, wide cylindrical form, decorated with a broad frieze of interlaced arabesque patterns, medallions, and a prominent panel of Arabic calligraphy in naskh script, flanked by bands of geometric ornament.
Large engraved metal bowl with rounded form and dark patinated surface, decorated with a band of Arabic calligraphy within cartouches, interspersed with figural and geometric motifs encircling the exterior.
Title
Basin
Place Made
Syria or Egypt
Date Made
late 15th-early 16th century
Medium
Copper, engraved and tinned
Dimensions
Height: 6 in. (15.24 cm); Diameter: 13 1/4 in. (33.65 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.573
Classification
Metal
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Atil, Esin. Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.

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