About the Artwork
Ewer
mid 12th century
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Iranian
Islamic
Bronze and copper
Overall: 12 1/2 × 8 inches (31.8 × 20.3 cm)
Metalwork
Islamic Art
Founders Society Purchase, Joseph H. Parsons Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, Hill Memorial Fund, and Benson and Edith Ford Fund
1995.50
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed: [craftsman's name] Abu Nusair
Inscribed: Happiness and complete and perfect benediction and joy and all-embracing peace and good fortune to the owner
Provenance
(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany)
1995-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Islamic, Iranian, Ewer, mid 12th century, bronze and copper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Joseph H. Parsons Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, et al., 1995.50.
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