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"tombstone": "Bath Pail (Satl), c. 1580\u20131610. Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Cast brass, turned, engraved, inlaid with black compound (niello); overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); diameter of base: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); diameter of rim: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., 1969.291",
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"title": "Bath Pail (Satl)",
"creation_date": "c. 1580\u20131610",
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"department": "Islamic Art",
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"type": "Metalwork",
"measurements": "Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Diameter of base: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Diameter of rim: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)",
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"inscription": "Upper band: \nAt the breath of dawn [my Beloved] came from her house toward the Bath,/\nA thousand hearts became dust on the road beneath her steps./\nFrom seeing Your face, the bath-house day and night/\n[Has] a thousand colored eyes on the door and ceiling./\nAs soon as my Moon [-faced Beloved] comes into the Bath,/\nMy eye becomes this bathing cup, and by eyebrow its handle.",
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"inscription": "Lower band:\nI remember an old master saying in the Bathhouse:/\nOne day a young person asked of an old man:/\n\"What is the secret that makes anyone who sets foot in the bathhouse,/\nFind his saddened heart opened up to joy?\"/\nHe said: \"The secret is that the bather has nothing of the trappings of this world/\nBut a bathing-bowl and towel -- and even those belong to others.",
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"inscription_remark": "Persian verses about Bathing",
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"title": "Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)",
"description": "Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).",
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"description": "de Rothschild collection, Paris, France",
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"date": "?-1969",
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"did_you_know": "Three animal motifs are repeated within the geometric interlacing: a doe with its head turned backward; a water fowl; and a horned animal, possibly an ibex.",
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"description": "Building on the tradition of ancient Roman baths, the hammam (public bath) was, and still is, an integral part of social life in the Islamic world. This pail was used to carry bathing equipment for a wealthy individual from their home to the hammam. It is decorated with an interlacing geometric design with a central band of repeating animals. Bathing was a popular theme with Iranian poets. On this piece, verses by the celebrated poet Jami (died 1492) relay the story of a youth inquiring as to why the hammam brings so much joy. An elder responds, \u201cThe secret is that the bather has nothing of the trappings of this world / But a bathing-bowl and towel\u2014and even those belong to others.\u201d",
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