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Inkwell with twelve Zodiac medallions

Object Name:: Inkwell
Date:: late 12th–early 13th century
Geography:: Iran
Medium:: Brass, cast, inlaid with silver and copper
Dimensions:: H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm) Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification:: Metal
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1944
Accession Number:: 44.131

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 453

Description

The twelve signs of the zodiac are arranged around the surface of the vessel in groups of four, each surrounding a central medallion with a horsemen or a falconer.
Provenance

[ Joseph Brummer, New York , until 1944; sold to MMA]
See also
What
Metal (58,828)

Copper alloy (16,426)

Silver (13,934)

Copper (6,104)

Brass (3,465)

Inkwells (66)
Where
Asia (68,258)

Iran (7,051)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,090)
In the Museum
Islamic Art (12,376)
Timelines from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Iran, 1000-1400 A.D.
Essays from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Astronomy and Astrology in the Medieval Islamic World

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