Details
| Artist | Islamic, Iranian |
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| Date | 12th century |
| Medium | Alloy of copper, tin, zinc, lead |
| Dimensions | Overall: 3/4 × 5 1/2 inches (1.9 × 14 cm) |
| Credit Line | City of Detroit Purchase |
| Accession Number | 30.431 |
| Department | Islamic Art |
| On View | Islamic N120, Level 1 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | Inscribed, Kufic script: Barakat wa-yumn wa-surur wa-sa'adat wa-salamat wa-ghallat wa-'afiyat wa-ta'id wa-tamkin wa-nasr wa-istiqamat wa-baqa li-sahibihi. [translated: Blessing and prosperity and joy and happiness and ease and revenue and health and [God's] support and enablement and [God's] help and rectitude and long life to its owner.] |
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Provenance
(Arthur Upham Pope);
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
The Arts of Persia. Exh. cat., Lyman Allyn Museum. New London, Conn., January 9-February 13, 1955, no. 32.
Bulletin of the DIA 13. 1931-1932, p. 17, (fig. 1).
Bulletin of the DIA 13. 1931-1932, p. 17, (fig. 1).
