Ewer. Hole in center of body on one side, repaired.
Label:
Vibrant metalworking industries in gold, silver, iron, and copper thrived in Basra. Craftsmen there specialized in manufacturing locks, mirrors, and other utensils. This pear-shaped vessel is similar to a bronze ewer that was made in Basra and is now in the Tiblisi Museum in Georgia, near Russia.
The inscription around the neck of the Tiblisi ewer gives the craftsman's name and Basra as its place of manufacture.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
Iraq and China: Ceramics, Trade, and Innovation (December 4, 2004 to July 17, 2005)
Islamic Metalwork in the Freer Gallery of Art (September 27, 1985 to November 17, 1986)
Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)
Persian Art (January 1, 1963 to September 3, 1963)
Special Exhibition of Persian Art (May 1, 1960 to August 11, 1961)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1955 (April 12, 1955 to December 16, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts, Gallery 6, 1947 (April 23 to October 3, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, 1947 (June 18, 1947 to October 26, 1955)
