Gilded Bronze Ewer with Mamluk Decoration
Unknown Netherlandish, Netherlandish
Unknown Syrian, Syrian
c. 1470-1500
Bronze with gilding over inlaid silver and enamel
Height: 10 13/16 in. (27.4 cm)
Overall: 10 13/16 × 4 3/16 × 6 9/16 in. (27.4 × 10.7 × 16.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2023.26
Geography
Place Made: Belgium, Europe
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
15th century
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
European History
Decorative Arts
On view
Exhibition History
Gold: Materiality, Morality, and Metaphor, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 14, 2024.
Publication History
Theuerkauff-Liderwald, Anna-Elisabeth. Mittelalterliche Bronze-und Messinggefässe: Eimer-KannenLavabokessel. Bronzegeräte des Mittelalters 4. Deutscher Verlag für Kuntwissenschaft: Berlin, 1988, p. 243; cat. no. 288, p. 305.
Provenance
Rainer Zietz Ltd., London, 1983; collection of Jan Dirven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, by 1988; Christie's, "Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Oriental Rugs and Carpets," London, October 27, 2022, lot 24; sold to Sam Fogg Ltd., London, October 2022; sold to present collection, 2023.
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