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Ink pot

Title	Ink pot
Author	Mirak Husayn (maker)
Publication Date:	1510
Publication Place	Tabriz (made) -
Subject	Geometric Patterns
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 9cm, Width: 4.4cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	2:1 to 2-1883
Record ID	2:1 to 2-1883
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1510
Notes	This inkwell is one of the last examples of inlaid metalwork made in Iran. It was probably used by a high official of the Safavid government. The poems on it include the wish that 'the pen may write the Sultan's official signature with ink from this wellâ. The inkwell was originally attached to a pen case. Although production of objects of inlaid brass and tinned copper continued, around 1550 a new type of brassware with fine, engraved decoration emerged in Iran. Stylised plants and other ornament were shown in relief against a hatched ground, originally filled with a black compound. The decoration was often arranged in bands or cartouches that matched the shape of the object. Poetic inscriptions in the elegant ânastaâliqâ style of Persian calligraphy were also common. Human and animal motifs, absent since before 1400, reappeared.
Sample Text	Note signed on the base
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Brass, engraved and inlaid with silver Brass Silver Engraving Inlay
Parçalar	Ink Pot, Lid
Fiziksel açıklama	Ink pot with cylindrical base with onion-domed lid, surmounted by a small loop. Pot is engraved with epigraphic friezes around base and top, and both lid and pot are decorated with panels and cartouches containing engraved inscription and geometric designs. Parts of the engraved areas are inlaid with silver.
Üslup	Islamic Safavid

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Ink pot

Author Mirak Husayn (maker)

Publication Date 1510

Publication Place Tabriz (made) -

Subject Geometric Patterns

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 9cm, Width: 4.4cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 2:1 to 2-1883

Record ID 2:1 to 2-1883

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1510

Notes This inkwell is one of the last examples of inlaid metalwork made in Iran. It was probably used by a high official of the Safavid government. The poems on it include the wish that 'the pen may write the Sultan's official signature with ink from this wellâ. The inkwell was originally attached to a pen case. Although production of objects of inlaid brass and tinned copper continued, around 1550 a new type of brassware with fine, engraved decoration emerged in Iran. Stylised plants and other ornament were shown in relief against a hatched ground, originally filled with a black compound. The decoration was often arranged in bands or cartouches that matched the shape of the object. Poetic inscriptions in the elegant ânastaâliqâ style of Persian calligraphy were also common. Human and animal motifs, absent since before 1400, reappeared.

Sample Text Note signed on the base

Malzemeler ve teknikler Brass, engraved and inlaid with silver Brass Silver Engraving Inlay

Parçalar Ink Pot, Lid

Fiziksel açıklama Ink pot with cylindrical base with onion-domed lid, surmounted by a small loop. Pot is engraved with epigraphic friezes around base and top, and both lid and pot are decorated with panels and cartouches containing engraved inscription and geometric designs. Parts of the engraved areas are inlaid with silver.

Üslup Islamic Safavid