Bucket with floral and calligraphic decoration

Details

• Title

  Bucket with floral and calligraphic decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › Syria (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd half of the 14th century

• Material and technique

  brass, incised, and inlaid with silver

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass;

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  formed › cast;

  marked › incised;

  covered › inlaid

• Object type

  container › vessel › bucket

• Dimensions

  17.7 cm max. (height)
  without handles 15.3 cm (height)
  20.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1963.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1963.17

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