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Source Description
In Arab countries and Muslim realms in the Mediterranean region, artistic innovation flourished in the 9th-14th centuries. Metalworkers cast and hammered basins, vases, and incense burners from brass, engraved the surface with intricate designs, and then inlaid the decorations with gold and silver. This basin demonstrates this metalworking and silver inlay technique.
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Document identity
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11964
label
Basin
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object
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11964
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object
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normalized
title
Basin
description
In Arab countries and Muslim realms in the Mediterranean region, artistic innovation flourished in the 9th-14th centuries. Metalworkers cast and hammered basins, vases, and incense burners from brass, engraved the surface with intricate designs, and then inlaid the decorations with gold and silver. This basin demonstrates this metalworking and silver inlay technique.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Metal
basins (vessels)
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6
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6
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import
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cm
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17
height
42
dimensionsRaw
6 11/16 x 16 9/16 in. (17 x 42 cm) (h. x diam.)
Source extras
med
brass, inlaid with silver
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3930
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ISL
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none
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