id: 123985
accession number: 1944.485
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.485
updated: 2023-03-08 11:50:27.992000
The Wade Cup with Animated Script, 1200–1221. Iran, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194). Brass inlaid with silver; overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); diameter: 16.1 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.485
title: The Wade Cup with Animated Script
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creation date: 1200–1221
creation date earliest: 1200
creation date latest: 1221
current location: 116 Islamic
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Iran, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194)
technique: brass inlaid with silver
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Metalwork
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); Diameter: 16.1 cm (6 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: Glory, and success, and government, and bliss, and soundness, and peace of mind, and mercy, and well-being, and good health, and duration, and increase, and satisfaction, and care, and continuance to its owner.
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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: For Modern America from the Ancient Near East
opening date: 1948-02-24T05:00:00
For Modern America from the Ancient Near East. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948).
title: The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran
opening date: 1961-10-19T04:00:00
The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (organizer) (October 19, 1961-January 31, 1962).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
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
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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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fun fact:
This is known as the Wade Cup, after J. H. Wade who bequeathed the funds for its acquisition
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wall description:
The highlight of the cup’s decoration is the inscription around the rim, which you see on the walls around you, with letters composed of human figures, animals, and birds. This is known as animated script and it developed in northeast Iran or Afghanistan during the mid-1100s and migrated westward. The inscription on the rim of the Wade Cup is the pinnacle of this form of script with its full-figure animation. The body of the cup is covered with interlacing bands of compartments containing tiny figures of humans and animals. These represent the 12 signs of the zodiac from astrology, the practice of interpreting the influence of planets and stars on earthly affairs. Astrology began in Mesopotamia, was adopted by the Greeks, and then absorbed into medieval Islamic culture through translations of Greek texts.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Rice, D. S. The Wade Cup in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Paris: Éditions du Chêne, 1955.
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Ettinghausen, Richard. “The ‘Wade Cup’ in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Its Origin and Decorations.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 2, 1957, pp. 327–366.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 327–366
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4629041
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. 708
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n129
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. 209
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n233
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. 209
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n233
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. 265
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n285
May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Mentioned: no. 73, p. 118; Reproduced: p. 70
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Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 102-103
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Blair, Sheila. Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
page number: Mentioned: p. 107, note 65
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Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned : P. 33, fig. 1.17
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Schick, Irvin Cemil. "The Content of Form: Islamic Calligraphy between Text and Representation." In Sign and Design: Script as Image in a Cross-Cultural Perspective (300-1600 CE) (Symposium). Brigitte Bedos-Rezak, and Jeffrey F. Hamburger, eds., 173-194. Washington, D.C: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: p. 177, fig. 9.2
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Strong, Meghan E. “Art of the Islamic World.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 28-30.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 30.
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