Luxury Ewer Extending Good Fortune to the Owner, 1223. Creator: Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili (Iraq).

Luxury Ewer Extending Good Fortune to the Owner, 1223. Creator: Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili (Iraq).

2-734-437 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Luxury Ewer Extending Good Fortune to the Owner, 1223. The lavish silver inlaid surface features a wide band displaying medallions with scenes of court and daily life and an inscription band on the shoulder, written in plaited and animated kufic (angular) script, extending good fortune, generosity, and charitable giving to the owner. This celebrated ewer is dated 1223 and signed by the master craftsman Ahmad al-Dhaki of Mosul.


Image Details


Medium
  1. Brass inlaid with silver
  2. Lid and base added later

Picture Type
  1. Metalwork

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4608x5501
File Size : 74,264kb


Aliases

  1. 1956.11
  1. 133460
  1. 0940014151
  1. 1956.11
  1. 2-734-437
  1. 2734437


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