Ewer, 8th - 9th century

  • Islamic, Iranian

Quaternary alloy (copper, tin, zinc, lead)

  • Overall: 13 × 7 × 5 3/4 inches (33 × 17.8 × 14.6 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

30.441

Department

Islamic Art

(Arthur Upham Pope)

1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

M. Aga-Oglu. Bulletin of the DIA 12 (1931): pp. 89-92, (fig. 1 ill.). Fehervari, Geza. Islamic Metalwork of the 8th to the 15th Century in the Keir Collection. London, 1976, p. 32, cited.

Islamic, Iranian, Ewer, 8th - 9th century, quaternary alloy (copper, tin, zinc, lead). Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.441.