- Title
- Ewer
- Date Made
- 10th century
- Medium
- Earthenware, underglaze painted
- Dimensions
- 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (10.8 x 17.15 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2002.1.14
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
Although we do not know what kind of liquid this vessel once held, we do know that it was meant for pouring but not into a cup. Rather the liquid would be poured directly into the user’s mouth without touching the lips to the spout. Arabic inscriptions on either side help establish its function and may even remind us of something in our own homes. It says: "Drink from it / Cheers" (or "To your health").
- Selected Bibliography
- Komaroff, Linda. Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2005.
- Blair, Sheila S. Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
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.
Fine Oriental Miniatures, Manuscripts, Islamic Works of Art, and 19th Century Paintings (Sale 4264). New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1979.
- 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. "Islamic Art Now and Then." In Islamic Art: Past, Present, Future, edited by Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom, 26-56. New Haven, New York, and London: Yale University Press, 2019.
- 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.
