Harvard Art Museums > 1999.311: Long-spouted vessel with engraved decoration and inscription Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Long-spouted vessel with engraved decoration and inscription , 1999.311,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/217634. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.311 Title Long-spouted vessel with engraved decoration and inscription Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 1600 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Safavid period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/217634 Physical Descriptions Medium Tinned copper Technique Engraved Dimensions 13.8 x 36.5 cm (5 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Inscription in cartouches (in Persian): Bâ yâr ba-hammâm shodam bâ gul ô dil // û zulf ba-gul nihâd ô man dast ba-dil // Az âb-i dô dîda hauz-hâ por kardîm // û zulf ba-gul [ba-]bast ô man dast [ba-]dil // Dawlat-at mustadâm ô bâqî bâd." Inscription under the spout (in Persian): "Sâhibuhu Shâh Begî Khânum bint-i Mîrzâ `Alî Khân." Translation: "With the friend I went to the bath, with rose and heart // He put his tresses on the rose and I [put] my hand on the heart // We filled pools with the water of two eyes // He bound his tresses with the rose and I [bound] my hand with the heart // May your fortune be perpetual and enduring." Translation under the spout: "Its owner [is] Shâh Begî Khânum, daughter of Mîrzâ `Alî Khân." Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Estate of Margaret F. Schroeder Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.311 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Spouted bowls were known in earlier eras (a number of Mamluk examples have survived), but the graceful curves of this bowl are characteristic of Safavid metalwork. Such bowls could be used for a variety of purposes (see illustration), but this one has Persian verses about the bath, indicating that this was its primary use. This bowl has lost most of its tin coating. Notes from the Glory and Prosperity exhibition, Feb - June 2002. Exhibition History Shadows of God On Earth: Arts of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Dynasties, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/21/1997 - 08/31/1997 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
