Ceremonial Spittoon or Basin
late 1800s
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Ceremonial Spittoon or Basin, late 1800s. Europe. Glass with enameled and gilded decoration; diameter: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.235 The intense enamel colors form striking star and leaf patterns.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Glass
- Formatted Medium
- glass with enameled and gilded decoration
- Medium
- glass, enameled, gilded, decoration
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.235
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, Art: The International Language, Glass of the Sultans, Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation), <em>The Arts of Islam</em>. Hayward Gallery, London, UK (April 8-July 4, 1976)., <em>Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks</em>. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (May 14-July 19, 1981); The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (August 15-October 11, 1981); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (November 7, 1981-January 3, 1982); Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (February 6-April 4, 1982); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (April 24-June 20, 1982); Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ (January 8, 1983-March 6, 1983); Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (April 2-May 29, 1983).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 116 Islamic
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