id: 123703
accession number: 1944.235
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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
title: Ceremonial Spittoon or Basin
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creation date: late 1800s
creation date earliest: 1875
creation date latest: 1899
current location: 116 Islamic
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Europe
technique: glass with enameled and gilded decoration
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Glass
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CREATORS
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measurements: Diameter: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Islamic Art
opening date: 1944-11-03T04:00:00
Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).
title: Art: The International Language
opening date: 1956-10-02T04:00:00
Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
title: Glass of the Sultans
opening date: 2001-05-24T00:00:00
Glass of the Sultans. The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (May 24-September 3, 2001); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 2, 2001-January 13, 2002); Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (February 20-May 15, 2002).
title: Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
opening date: 2021-05-21T04:00:00
Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Arts of Islam. Hayward Gallery, London, UK (April 8-July 4, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-04-08T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks. 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).', 'opening_date': '1981-05-14T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1944
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1944-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1944." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 32, no. 6 (1945): 103-30.
page number: Mentioned: p. 107
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141221
Hollis, Howard. "Two Examples of Arabic Enameled Glass." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 32, no. 10 (December 1945): 179-181.
page number: Reproduced: p. 178; Mentioned: p. 180
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141241
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 716
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n130
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 210
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n234
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 210
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n234
Jones, Dalu and George Michell. The Arts of Islam: Hayward Gallery, 8 April-4 July 1976. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976.
page number: cat. no. 143, p. 146
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 266
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n286
Atıl, Esin. Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 51, p. 132
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