Publication Date
Late 10th century, beginning of the 11th century AH / late 16th century - first quarter of the 17th century AD
Publication Place
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National Museum of Art of Romania
Subject
Tinned brass, engraved decoration
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 15.4 سم ، القطر (الفوهة ) : 25.5سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
20765 / 1754
Record ID
object;EPM;rm;Mus21;11;ar
Library Location
National Museum of Art of Romania
Date
Late 10th century, beginning of the 11th century AH / late 16th century - first quarter of the 17th century AD
Notes
During the Safavid era, such a vessel was called a zabadiyah, an Arabic word used in Persian poetry at the beginning of the thirteenth century to name wine vessels. The bowl is engraved with horizontal decorative bands, and the main sign that distinguishes the continuous Safavid design is a half palm frond, swirling vines, and floral designs. The inscription is Persian. The name of the owner: Mirza Haidar Ibn Khwaja Soltani. It is engraved in five verses at the bottom of the frame: O owner of the bowl, can you forget your sorrows / Can the thorns of your heart remain forever closed in the heart / As long as the bowl of the sky and the ball of the sun remain / Every sip Tasting it from this bowl can bring you health (English version by Abdullah Sorin Melikian Kirvani), on metal artifacts from the Iranian world of the 8th-18th century, London, 1982:304, no. 134). The text can be read literally as a call for health addressed to the owner of the bowl, and at the same time there are certain words related to the Sufi vocabulary that are referred to as symbolic words with contemporary meanings in Persian poetry.
Sample Text
"Bowl/bowl" in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rm;Mus21;11;ar
