id: 142441 accession number: 1966.22 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.22 updated: 2023-11-29 19:04:28.393000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 900s creation date earliest: 985 creation date latest: 998 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 12.5 x 10.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.); Diameter of base: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: 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!" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1966 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1966– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 208 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n232 Lee, Sherman E. “Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. 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.” Oriente Moderno 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. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. page number: Mentioned: pp. 122–125; Reproduced: p. 123 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.22/1966.22_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.22/1966.22_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.22/1966.22_full.tif