Mirror with Benedictory Inscription

12th century

Islamic, Iranian

On View

Islamic, Level 1, North Wing

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Title Mirror with Benedictory Inscription

Artwork Date 12th century

Artist ----------

Life Dates ----------

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Iranian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Islamic

Medium Alloy of copper, tin, zinc, lead

Dimensions Overall: 3/4 × 5 1/2 inches (1.9 × 14 cm)

Classification Metalwork

Department Islamic Art

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 30.431

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, Kufic script: Barakat wa-yumn wa-surur wa-sa'adat wa-salamat wa-ghallat wa-'afiyat wa-ta'id wa-tamkin wa-nasr wa-istiqamat wa-baqa li-sahibihi. [translated: Blessing and prosperity and joy and happiness and ease and revenue and health and [God's] support and enablement and [God's] help and rectitude and long life to its owner.]

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(Arthur Upham Pope)

1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Oglu, Mehmet Aga. "A Note on Bronze Mirrors." Bulletin of the DIA 13, no. 2 (November 1931): pp. 17-18, p. 17 (fig. 1).

The Arts of Persia. Exh. cat., Lyman Allyn Museum. New London, Conn., January 9-February 13, 1955, no. 32.

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Islamic, Iranian, Mirror with Benedictory Inscription, 12th century, alloy of copper, tin, zinc, lead. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.431.