Saltcellar inscribed with Poem about Salt

between 1664 and 1665

Islamic, Indian

Not On View

Saltcellar inscribed with Poem about Salt

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Title Saltcellar inscribed with Poem about Salt

Artwork Date between 1664 and 1665

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. Indian

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

Medium Copper and tin

Dimensions Overall (including lid): 3 1/2 × 3 3/4 inches (8.9 × 9.5 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. 30.432

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in Persian, translation by Shadi Shafiei (26 August 2021) [translation: A saltcellar as tight as an ant’s heart, [And yet] enough salt to bring passion into the world. I sucked its lip and immediately was beside myself, The euphoric wine that gives intoxication has salt [in it]. The host would first bring a saltcellar to the table. Owned by the sinful slave Muhammad Hosein year 1075 (1664/1665 A.D).] [transliteration by Shadi Shafiei: Namakdāni bi tangi chun dil-i mur | Namak chandān ki dar giti fitad shur || Labash makidam o dar dam zi khishtan raftam | Sharāb-i shur ki masti dahad namak dārad || Mizbān avval namakdān bar sar-i khān āvarad || Sahibuhou al ‘Abd al-Muzannib Muhammad Hosein sana-i 1075]

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(Arthur Upham Pope)

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

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Islamic, Indian, Saltcellar inscribed with Poem about Salt, between 1664 and 1665, copper and tin. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.432.