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Collection Online as of April 17, 2024

Bowl with Geometric Designs

Bowl with Geometric Designs

1450–1500
sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold
Diameter: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.133
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The bowl's decorative panels contain six different geometric designs, each appearing twice, in opposing panels.

Description

This inlaid bowl has interlacing geometric designs in 12 arched panels that radiate from a star on the base. A pinwheel of six fish is engraved in the interior. Scholars recently reattributed them to Islamic manufacture, possibly for export to Europe.
  • ?–1945
    (Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1945–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. N5245 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org
    Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. Mentioned: cat. no. 20, p. 116; Reproduced: p. 52
  • The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
    Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).
  • {{cite web|title=Bowl with Geometric Designs|url=false|author=|year=1450–1500|access-date=17 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1945.133