Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Prince Filippo Andrea Doria
- George Aristedes Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939)
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)
- Provenance
- To 1845
- Prince Filippo Andrea Doria, Italy to 1845 [1]
- To at least 1934
- George A. Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939), London [2]
- To 1941
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York [3]
- From 1941
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1941 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] See M. Lanci, Trattato delle Simboliche Rappresentanze Arabiche, vol. II, pp. 141-3145 and vol. III, pls. XLV-XLVI, Nos. A, B, and 1-2. Also refer to Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record.
- [2] According to Dimand, M., "A Silver Inlaid Bronze Canteen with Christian Subjects in the Eumorfopoulos Collection," Ars Islamica, vol. 1, no. 1 (1934), pp. 16-21. As of the publication of this article by M. S. Dimand, the canteen was still in the George Eumorfopoulos Collection.
- [3] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. For additional information, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- [4] See note 3.
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- mid-13th century
- Period
- Ayyubid period
- Accession Number
- F1941.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Metalwork
- Vessel
- Medium
- Brass, silver inlay
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 45.2 x 36.7 cm (17 13/16 x 14 7/16 in)
- Origin
- Syria or Northern Iraq
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- On View
- Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses: Art in the Islamic World
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Christianity
- inlay
- birth
- Ayyubid period (1171 - 1250)
- Jesus Christ
- child
- Virgin Mary
- cow
- kufic script
- naskh script
- washing
- Syria
- Iraq
- halo
- Arts of the Islamic World
- chasing
- hammering
- spinning (metalwork)
- WWII-era provenance
- Record ID
- fsg_F1941.10
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3736d9f18-1602-4792-9091-fb93799cc06c
