Jug

Object Details

• Label

  In addition to Timurid manuscripts, the Mughals collected portable luxury arts created in Iran and Central Asia in the fifteenth century. Owning such objects both affirmed their Persian-Central Asian lineage and provided models for Mughal artists and craftsmen.

  The origin of this impresssive jade jug has been the subject of considerable debate. Similar examples--made in metal, jade, and ceramic, with identical dragon-shaped handles--enjoyed considerable popularity during the Timurid and early Safavid periods. On the basis of the flattened shape of the body, which is less common in Persian prototypes of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the jade jug has been attributed to Mughal India.

• Collection

  Long-term loan

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Long-term loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.292

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1400s

• Place

  India

• Topic

  Art, Timurid period (1378 - 1506), Arts of the Islamic World, Jade, Gellatly collection

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)