id:			142441
accession number:	1966.22
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.22
updated:		2025-08-07 22:50:09.977000

Jug, late 900s. Iran or Iraq, Baghdad, Buyid Period, reign of Samsam al-Dawla (985-998 AD). Gold with repoussé and chased and engraved decoration; overall: 12.5 x 10.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.); diameter of base: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1966.22

title:				Jug
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creation date:			late 900s
creation date earliest:		985
creation date latest:		998
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran or Iraq, Baghdad, Buyid Period, reign of Samsam al-Dawla (985-998 AD)
technique:	gold with repoussé and chased and engraved decoration
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 12.5 x 10.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.); Diameter of base: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	The inscription bands contain Arabic poetry which translates, in part:
"You are the image of the full moon at night, the first gleam of sun on the horizon of the morning.  You are a sword in the times of war, a beneficent rain in times of peace...your sword cuts the necks of Buyid enemies in great quantities...Glory and prosperity to the just king Samsam al-Dawla...May God lengthen your reign!"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1966
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1966–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 208
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n232

	Lee, Sherman E. “Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 7 (1966): 181–284.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 126, pp. 191 and 284; Reproduced: no. 126, p. 190
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152110

	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. 208
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n232

	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. 264
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n284

	Bloom, Jonathan M. “Facts and Fantasy in Buyid Art.” <em>Oriente Moderno</em> 23 (84), no. 2 (2004): 387–400.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 387–400, fig. 6, p. 399
	url:		https://doi.org/10.1163/22138617-08402004

	Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 122–125; Reproduced: p. 123
	url:		

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IMAGES

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