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High-spouted brass ewer, Herat, Afghanistan, c1180-c1200. The inlaid decoration on this ewer features medallions containing images of the planets with the appropriate sign of the zodiac and benedictory inscriptions in a variety of different ornamental scripts. This is one of a group of high spouted ewers made in Herat in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century. They contained water for washing, and were highly esteemed locally and abroad.
OA, 1848.8-5.2
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART201342
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
1040px × 1600px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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12th century CE
Afghan Art
Ewer
Headdress
Inlay (pieces laid into solid ground),
Intarsia
Jug
Marquetry
Medallion
Ornament
Ornamentation
Spout
Vessel
Zodiac