id: 387677 accession number: 2020.205 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.205 updated: 2022-02-07 23:28:02.284000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1650 creation date earliest: 1640 creation date latest: 1660 current location: creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.); height: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation) opening date: 2021-09-01T04:00:00 Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (April 20-July 26, 2015). --- PROVENANCE Dr. Mark Zebrowski [1945-1999], London, UK, by descent to his partner John Robert Alderman date: 1968-1999 footnotes: citations: (John Robert Alderman, London, UK, consigned to Francesca Galloway, Ltd. for sale) date: 1999- footnotes: citations: (Francesca Galloway, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Zinc alloy does not rust or corrode, in contrast to steel or copper alloys. digital description: Wide-rimmed basins called sailabchi were used to catch water poured from a pitcher during hand washing before prayer and before and after meals. A sumptuous example such as this was made for an elite setting. Every element of the allover floral arabesque was cut from silver and brass sheets or wire and hammered into the cast zinc alloy vessel in a distinctive technique developed in southern India. wall description: Wide-rimmed basins were used to catch water poured from a pitcher during hand washing before prayer, as well as prior to and following a meal. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Gray, Basil, editor. The Arts of India. Oxford: Phaidon, 1981. page number: Reproduced: fig. 206 url: Zebrowski, Mark. "Bidri: Metalware from the Islamic Courts of India," in Art East. London, England: Hali Publications, 1982. page number: Reproduced: p. 28 url: Zebrowski, Mark. Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India. London: Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King, 1997. page number: pp. 170–71 url: Haidar, Navina Najat, and Marika Sardar. Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy. New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 95, p. 193 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.205/2020.205_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.205/2020.205_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.205/2020.205_full.tif