id:			124429
accession number:	1945.386
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.386
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:01.721000

Tray Portraying Courtly Pleasures, 1240s. Syria, Ayyubid period (1171–1260). Sheet brass inlaid with silver; diameter: 53.8 cm (21 3/16 in.); overall: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.386

title:				Tray Portraying Courtly Pleasures
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creation date:			1240s
creation date earliest:		1240
creation date latest:		1249
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Syria, Ayyubid period (1171–1260)
technique:	sheet brass inlaid with silver
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 53.8 cm (21 3/16 in.); Overall: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	The presence of ligatures in the narrow circular bands with interconnected human and animal figures suggests this may be a degenerate form of animated script.  It is indecipherable.
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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:		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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“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/2514129

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 711
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n130

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 265
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n285

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