Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  The bowl, small circular, and shallow with fluted sides, has a pin that passes through its center attaching a circular disk to its inner surface. The disk rotates freely though its function is unclear. The arabesque pattern on the disk is echoed by a similar design on the exterior of the base. Along the rim of the bowl is a series of twenty engraved cartouches depicting animals and floral motifs.

• Inscriptions

  (Glenn Lowry, 1988) On the inside of the bowl is a stamp attributed to the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481-1512) (Petsopoulos 1982, p. 44). On the exterior of the bowl are two small French hallmarks stamps indicating that the vessel was imported to that country after 1893.

• Provenance

  Ibrahim Beyhun [1]

  To 1987

  Axia Art Islamique et Byzantin, London and Lichtenstein, to 1987

  From 1987

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Axia Art Islamique et Byzantin, London and Lichtenstein in 1987

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 6 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  Islamic Art (May 9, 1993 to June 3, 1997)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ibrahim Beyhun

  Axia Art Islamique et Byzantin

• Origin

  Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1530s, 1400s

• Name

  Axia Art Islamique et Byzantin, Beyhun, Ibrahim

• Topic

  Gilding, Hammering, Silver, Art, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Arts of the Islamic World, Flowers, Chasing, Metal-work

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)