Details
Artist | Islamic, Indian |
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Title |
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Date | between 1664 and 1665 |
Medium | copper and tin |
Dimensions | Overall (including lid): 3 1/2 × 3 3/4 inches (8.9 × 9.5 cm) Overall (lid): 3 × 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 inches (7.6 × 9.5 × 9.5 cm) |
Credit Line | City of Detroit Purchase |
Accession Number | 30.432 |
Department | Islamic Art |
Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
Inscriptions | Inscribed, in Persian, translated by Massumeh Farhad and Wheeler M. Thackston (August 19, 2009): [translated: A salt cellar as tight as an ant's heart. As long as salt comes into the world it is salty. I sucked its lip and immediately was beside myself. Wine that gives intoxication has salt. A host should first bring a salt cellar to the table. Owned by the sinful slave Muhammad-Husayn, year 1075 (1664/1665 A.D.)] |
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Provenance
(Arthur Upham Pope);
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)