Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device (recto); Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso)
1315
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device (recto); Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso), 1315. Syria, Damascus, Mamluk Period, 14th Century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; overall: 31.3 x 21.5 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.383 The mouth of the peacock acts as a spigot pouring water; the figure emerged from a small door and offers soap to the hand washer.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 31.3 x 21.5 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: verso script: Naskh
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1945.383
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, Muslim Miniature Paintings, Myth and Mystique: Cleveland's Gothic Table Fountain
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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