id:			124286
accession number:	1945.27
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.27
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:01.003000

Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Human-Headed Inscriptions, 1300–1350. Iran, Khurasan, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353). Hammered sheet of brass inlaid with silver; overall: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.27

title:				Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Human-Headed Inscriptions
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creation date:			1300–1350
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1350
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran, Khurasan, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)
technique:	hammered sheet of brass inlaid with silver
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic Art
	opening date:   1944-11-03T04:00:00
	<i>Islamic Art</i>. 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
	<i>For Modern America from the Ancient Near East</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. 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
	<i>Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1945
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1945-
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CITATIONS

	
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	Lethaby, W. R. "Notes." <em>The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs</em> 23, no. 124 (July 1913): 246-51.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 247; Reproduced: p. 248
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/859357

	"Closing Days of the Inaugural Exhibition." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 3, no. 3 (1916): 1-4.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 8; mentioned: p. 9
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136049

	Hollis, Howard. "Two Inlaid Brasses." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 33, no. 4 (April 1946): 39-43.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 39-40; Reproduced: p. 41
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141271

	“Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1945.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 33, no. 6, 1946, pp. 103–130.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 107
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141295

	Baer, Eva. <em>Sphinxes and Harpies in Medieval Islamic Art; An Iconographical Study.</em> Jerusalem: Israel Oriental Society, 1965.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 14, fn. 53; Reproduced: Pl. XIV, fig. 24
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