Brass ewer with dragon heads
On display
This elegant ewer is a refined product of the Indo-Islamic style, with the spiral fluting of its body and its tall, tapering neck. The handle terminates above in a stylized animal head, also mirrored in the end of the spout. Also known as the Butler ewer, it was previously in the collection of Dr A.J. Butler, Bursar of Brasenose College, before being given to the Museum by his daughter.
Details
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Title
Brass ewer with dragon heads
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Associated place
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Date
1st half of the 16th century -
Material and technique
brass
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Object type
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Dimensions
51 x 20 x 16 cm max. (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Miss Eleanor Butler, in memory of her father Dr A. J. Butler, 1976.
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Museum location
First floor | Gallery 33 | Mughal India -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1976.43
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Further reading
Zebrowski, Mark, ‘The Butler Brass Ewer’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part Two, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.2, passim, illus. p. 160 fig. 1
