Publication Date
8th century AH / 14th century AD
Publication Place
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Museum of Islamic Art
Subject
Silver plated copper.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 17 سم ؛ قطر الفتحة: 44 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
24085
Record ID
object;ISL;eg;Mus01;15;ar
Library Location
Museum of Islamic Art
Date
8th century AH / 14th century AD
Notes
The piece is a deep bowl of copper lined with silver, decorated with an inscription band in one-third of a half, which reads, “From what was made to depict the honorable headquarters of Mawlawi Al-Alami Al-Adili Al-Ghazi Al-Mujahideen Al-Makhdoumi Al-Saifi Tabtaq Al-Maliki Al-Ashrafi.” The name that the basin bears goes back to Prince Tabtaq, one of the princes of King Al-Ashraf Khalil, who ruled in the period 689 - 693 AH / 1290 - 1294 AD. Tabtaq was governor of the city of Qus in Upper Egypt during the third reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun (709-741 AH / 1309-1340 AD). The writing is interspersed with several slogans (ranuk) consisting of a drawing of a cup symbolizing the function of the cupbearer. In the middle of the bottom of the bowl, from the inside, there is a decoration consisting of six fish in a spiral position around the center of the bowl. The bowl is used for washing hands and sometimes for washing clothes. In the Mamluk era, the clothing closet was known as the “Tast Khanah”, which means the House of the Tast, and everything that belonged to the Sultan was stored in it, including the sultan’s clothing, clothes, jewels, swords, chairs and carpets. The shapes of the bas-relief, the methods of its decoration, and its decoration with gold and silver varied, especially in the Mamluk era.
Sample Text
Muhammad Abbas Muhammad Selim "Tast" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;eg;Mus01;15;ar
