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Mar 17, 2006
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
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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.
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