Engraved Water Basin with Prayer and Poetry Inscriptions Made for the Shrine of Sayyid Hamza
DateDated AH 1291 (1874 CE)
PeriodQajar
MediumCopper alloy, tin
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (33.7 x 76.8cm)
ClassificationsMetalwork
Credit LineDoris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Object number54.2.2
DescriptionThe dedicatory inscription around the exterior perimeter of this basin reveals that it – as well as four other "water-drinking bowls" – were endowed as waqf to the Rustamiyya Mosque in the Surkhab quarter of Tabriz in AH 1291 (1874. CE) This refers to the renovations carried out by Hajji Rustam Beg at the shrine of Sayyid Hamza in the Surkhab quarter of Tabriz in that year.On View
On view
Dated AH 1291 (1874 CE)
18th - 19th century
18th - 19th century
Dated Sha'ban AH 663 (May 1265 CE)
One of a set/One of a set
