Basin

Title:

Basin

Date:

13th century (Medieval)

Description:

In Arab countries and Muslim realms in the Mediterranean region, artistic innovation flourished in the 9th-14th centuries. Metalworkers cast and hammered basins, vases, and incense burners from brass, engraved the surface with intricate designs, and then inlaid the decorations with gold and silver. This basin demonstrates this metalworking and silver inlay technique.For the latest information about this object, basins (vessels), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:

Type:

metal

Type (Narrower):

Other Objects

Type (Broader):

Object

Subject:

Culture:

Provenance:

Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Medium:

brass, inlaid with silver

Extent:

Dimensions: 6 11/16 x 16 9/16 in. (17 x 42 cm) (h. x diam.)

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

54.526

Is part of:

ISL
Islamic Art

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