Publication Date
Approximately 544-699 AH / approximately 1150-1300 AD
Publication Place
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Saint Louis Art Museum
Subject
Glazed ceramic vessels with underglaze and overglaze enamel
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 13.7 سم ، قطر الفم (الفوهة) : 8.3 سم قطر الجسم : 14 سم ، قطر الرجل : 5.4 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
163:1952
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus24;14;ar
Library Location
Saint Louis Art Museum
Date
Approximately 544-699 AH / approximately 1150-1300 AD
Notes
The jug is biconical with a yellow-orange shaped handle and body, camouflaged in a wheeled shape with painted decoration and gold-plated accents over white glass. The straight hoop frame rests on a large truncated biconical body on small, unglazed, undulating legs. The vertical handle bar has a flat disc-shaped support added to it. There is a blue-gray twisted band/band on the edge. The frame has a frieze of gray-blue rectangles framed at the top and bottom in black and divided by vertical red lines. Each panel is filled with delicate arabesque patterns and a central shape of a small square gold leaf. The red and black line defines the border between the neck and the shoulder. The shoulder contains five animals with human heads with hats and collars, each in a different color (blue, red, green, blue, red) walking to the viewer's left, towards a vine tree or a spring with alternating red and blue buds. The person wearing a long-sleeved blue and brown dress and a conical hat stands behind the scene. The golden leaf formations are located on the person's shoulders, and there are three places on the body for each animal with a human head and circular elements between them. There is a series of specially styled black and red buds located below the top of the headband and a second group based on the main decorative line. This decorative headband is light green and filled with a pattern of four-petal rosettes painted in black with white centers and blue dots at the top and bottom, separated by vertical blue lozenges. Some centers still retain the square gold leaf elements. The lower half of the body is unadorned except for a series of simple floral elements painted entirely in black under the headband. A similar design is added below the inner frame. The handle has a black coffee pattern, blue formations on the sides, and a red back. The glass is extensively cracked throughout and there are six major areas missing features, filled and painted.
Sample Text
“A jug with the design of five humanoid animals and a standing figure” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;14;ar
