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Lidded bowl

Title	Lidded bowl
Author	Muhammad (maker)
Publication Date:	1500
Publication Place	Cairo (made) -
Subject	Arabesques
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	M.719:1, 2-1910
Record ID	M.719:1, 2-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1500
Notes	Middle East, Metalwork. Bowl with fitted lid, brass with silver inlay, with engraved decoration, signed by Master Muhammad, son of al-Hajj `Ali, Mamluk Egypt or Syria, 1500-1550
Sample Text	3amal al-ra<'>iis mu7ammad ibn al-Haajj 3alii / ibn al-mu3allim khiDr al-naqqaash juu al-maghfirah Translation The work of al-Ra'is Muhammad son of al-Hajj 'Ali son of al-Mu'allim Khidr al-Naqqash, who seeks forgiveness. Note The bowl is the work of a metalworker called Muhammad who bears the title al-ra'is , which means "captain" or "head". His father 'Ali had made the pilgrimage to Mecca, hence his title of al-hajj . His grandfather, Khidr, bears the title al-mu'allim , "master, sc. of a craft". The last part of the name is a nisbah , or "epithet", al-naqqash , which was the name given to a craftsman who decorated things, such as a painter or the metalworker who decorated this lidded bowl. It is not clear who it refers to. It may have been the nisbah of the grandfather, al-Mu'allim Khidr, or of al-Ra'is Muhammad himself, or both.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	engraved brass, with silver inlay Brass Silver Hammered Inlaid
Parçalar	Lid, Bowl
Fiziksel açıklama	Covered bowl of engraved brass, inlaid with silver
Üslup	Veneto-Saracenic

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Lidded bowl

Author Muhammad (maker)

Publication Date 1500

Publication Place Cairo (made) -

Subject Arabesques

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID M.719:1, 2-1910

Record ID M.719:1, 2-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1500

Notes Middle East, Metalwork. Bowl with fitted lid, brass with silver inlay, with engraved decoration, signed by Master Muhammad, son of al-Hajj `Ali, Mamluk Egypt or Syria, 1500-1550

Sample Text 3amal al-ra<'>iis mu7ammad ibn al-Haajj 3alii / ibn al-mu3allim khiDr al-naqqaash juu al-maghfirah Translation The work of al-Ra'is Muhammad son of al-Hajj 'Ali son of al-Mu'allim Khidr al-Naqqash, who seeks forgiveness. Note The bowl is the work of a metalworker called Muhammad who bears the title al-ra'is , which means "captain" or "head". His father 'Ali had made the pilgrimage to Mecca, hence his title of al-hajj . His grandfather, Khidr, bears the title al-mu'allim , "master, sc. of a craft". The last part of the name is a nisbah , or "epithet", al-naqqash , which was the name given to a craftsman who decorated things, such as a painter or the metalworker who decorated this lidded bowl. It is not clear who it refers to. It may have been the nisbah of the grandfather, al-Mu'allim Khidr, or of al-Ra'is Muhammad himself, or both.

Malzemeler ve teknikler engraved brass, with silver inlay Brass Silver Hammered Inlaid

Parçalar Lid, Bowl

Fiziksel açıklama Covered bowl of engraved brass, inlaid with silver

Üslup Veneto-Saracenic