المؤلف
Unknown (maker)
تاريخ النشر
1662
مكان النشر
China (made) Iran (made) -
الموضوع
Ceramics
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Ca height: 52.8cm, Width: 32cm
(Note: Maximum width (approximate))
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
555-1878
رقم السجل
555-1878
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1662
ملاحظات
Ewer for serving chilled drinks, made from the lower half of a Chinese powder-blue porcelain vase with gilded decoration, Kangxi period (1662-1722), and Iranian silver mounts and internal fittings of copper alloy, probably 19th century.
نص عينة
Ùا ÙاÙ٠اÙÙ
ÙÙ
Ùات
Ùا Ùاض٠اÙØاجاتTranslationO Thou who suffices in important affairs!
O Judge of needs!NoteTwo invocations to God. They alternate in the four cartouches on the lid and the four on the neck, in the wider band above the prominent moulding., اÙÙÙÙ
ص٠عÙ٠اÙÙب٠اÙÙ
صطÙÙ ÙعÙ٠اÙÙ
رتض٠ÙاÙبتÙÙ ÙاطÙ
Ø© اÙسبطÙÙ / اÙØس٠ÙاÙØسÙÙ Ùص٠عÙ٠زÙ٠اÙعابدÙÙ ÙعÙ٠اÙباÙر ÙاÙصاد٠ØÙا ÙعÙÙ Ù
Ùس٠ب٠جعÙر ÙعÙÙ ÙتÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙاÙØس٠اÙعسÙر٠ÙاÙØجة اÙÙائÙ
اÙÙ
Ùتظ[ر]TranslationO God! Bless the Prophet (Muhammad) al-Mustafa, and 'Ali al-Murtaza, and al-Batul Fatimah [and] the two grandsons (of the Prophet), / Hasan and Husayn, and bless ('Ali) Zayn al-'Abidin, and (Muhammad) al-Baqir, and (Ja'far) al-Sadiq, who lived up to his name, and Musa ibn Ja'far (al-Kazim), and 'Ali (al-Rida), and (Muhammad al-)Taqi, and ('Ali al-)Naqi, and Hasan al-'Askari, and al-Hujjah al-Qa'im, the one expected (at the end of time, that is, Muhammad al-Mahdi).NoteThis inscription occurs in the two narrow bands on the lid., Surahal-Baqarah(II), verses 255 to 257.NoteThis inscription fills the three narrow bands on the neck of the ewer., Ùاد عÙÙا Ù
ظÙر اÙعجائب تجد٠عÙÙا ÙÙ Ù٠اÙÙÙائب ÙÙ ÙÙ
ÙغÙ
سÙÙجÙ٠بÙÙاÙت٠Ùا عÙÙTranslationCall upon 'Ali, in whom wonders are made manifest. You will find him of help to you in tribulations. All cares and sorrows will vanish on account of the trust [God has] in you, O 'Ali.NoteThis inscription fills the wide band on the neck of the ewer, below the central moulding.
Fiziksel açıklama
The ceramic body of the ewer is the lower part of a powder-blue porcelain vase with gilded decoration. The cut-down body was adapted for chilling liquids by piercing holes in the sides -- one for the handle and one for the spout -- and by adding silver mounts and copper alloy internal fittings. The silver mounts consist of the spout, the handle, a tall neck, and a domed lid with a tall finial, which is set with a decorative stone. The hinged lid, which is also attached to the rim of the neck by silver chains, gives access to the container for the ice -- a roughly cylindrical fitting of copper alloy, closed at the base and open at the top, which occupies much of the interior. The liquid to be chilled was poured into the vessel through a small, lidded opening at the top of the handle, which is hollow and open at the base to allow the water to flow into the body of the ewer. The silver mounts are richly decorated, and on the lid and the neck, this includes an extensive programme of inscriptions in Arabic. On the lid a wide band of ornament is set with four medallions containing one of two invocations to God. Narrow bands above and below it contain a Shi'ite prayer in Arabic for the Fourteen Immaculates. The waisted neck of the ewer is divided in two by a prominent moulding. The section section above the moulding has a wide band of ornament similar to that on the lid, and including the four cartouches containing invocations. Above and below this are narrow horizontal bands, three in all, which are engraved with verses from the surah al-Baqarah (The Cow; II, verses 255-257). One of these bands occupies the rim, while the other two frame the wider band of ornament below the rim. A second wide band runs below the moulding and contains the first part of the Shi'ite prayer, "Call upon 'Ali".
