File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art pot 1285.5.jpg
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Elephant Aquamanile
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| Title |
Elephant Aquamanile |
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| Object type |
pottery ware  |
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| Description |
The large aquamanile is in the form of an elephant carrying a mahout seated in front of a finely decorated howdah in which are a dancer and two musicians — a trumpeter and a lutenist. Round shiel ... See full description on web site. |
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| Date | 12th or early 13th century AD | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | moulded stonepaste, covered with a slightly opacified white glaze, with turquoise and cobalt-blue in-glaze staining (laqabi ware) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Accession number |
POT 1285 (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) |
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| Place of creation | Syria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-elephant-aquamanile-pot1285/ (English) |
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Photograph
| Description | Elephant Aquamanile |
| Source | Khalili Collections |
| Author | Khalili Collections |
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