id:			387677
accession number:	2020.205
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.205
updated:		2025-07-11 17:03:33.989000

Bidri Basin, c. 1650. Southwestern India, Deccan, Karnataka, Bidar​. Zinc alloy with silver and brass inlay; diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.); height: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2020.205

title:				Bidri Basin
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creation date:			c. 1650
creation date earliest:		1640
creation date latest:		1660
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Southwestern India, Deccan, Karnataka, Bidar​
technique:	Zinc alloy with silver and brass inlay
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.); height: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings
	opening date:   2021-09-01T04:00:00
	<i>Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy</em>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (April 20-July 26, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2015-04-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Mark Zebrowski [1945-1999], London, UK, by descent to his partner John Robert Alderman
	date: 1968-1999
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	(John Robert Alderman, London, UK, consigned to Francesca Galloway, Ltd. for sale)
	date: 1999-
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	(Francesca Galloway, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gray, Basil, editor. <em>The Arts of India</em>. Oxford: Phaidon, 1981.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 206
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	Zebrowski, Mark. "Bidri: Metalware from the Islamic Courts of India," in <em>Art East</em>. London, England: Hali Publications, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 28
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	Zebrowski, Mark. <em>Gold, Silver &amp; Bronze from Mughal India</em>. London: Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King, 1997.
	page number: 	pp. 170–71
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	Haidar, Navina Najat, and Marika Sardar. <em>Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy</em>. New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 95, p. 193
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