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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.333
Title
Spout for a Selsebil (Fountain)
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
c. 1550-1600
Places
Creation Place: Middle East
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Turkish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215943

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilded bronze
Technique
Gilding
Dimensions
32.7 cm (12 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Soustiel, Paris, August 1973], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1973, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.333
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This fountain spout is an excellent example of a group of Ottoman metal objects with minimal decoration and much more emphasis on form, a rarity in the Islamic world, where decoration is usually paramount and often even ignores or negates the underlying form.

Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 226-227/figure 2

Exhibition History

  • Pride of the Village: Rugs and Kilims of Turkey, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/1988 - 10/09/1988
  • The Ottoman Empire: A Culture and Its Impact, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/1989 - 05/21/1989
  • The Ottomans and their Contemporaries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/1992 - 05/17/1992
  • Shadows of God On Earth: Arts of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Dynasties, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/21/1997 - 08/31/1997
  • Overlapping Realms: Arts of the Islamic World and India, 900-1900, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/02/2006 - 03/23/2008
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/15/2024 - 10/28/2024

Verification Level

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