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Brass ewer with dragon headsside

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  • Brass ewer with dragon heads (side)
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Brass ewer with dragon heads

  • Description

    This elegant ewer is a refined product of the Indo-Islamic style, with the spiral fluting of its body and its tall, tapering neck. The handle terminates above in a stylized animal head, also mirrored in the end of the spout. Also known as the Butler ewer, it was previously in the collection of Dr A.J. Butler, Bursar of Brasenose College, before being given to the Museum by his daughter.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › Deccan (possible place of creation)
    Asia › Pakistan › Punjab province › Punjab plains › Lahore (possible place of creation)
    Date
    1st half of the 16th century
    Material and technique
    brass
    Dimensions
    51 x 20 x 16 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass
    Technique index
    formed › cast
    Object type index
    container › vessel › ewer
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Miss Eleanor Butler, in memory of her father Dr A. J. Butler, 1976.
    Accession no.
    EA1976.43

  • Further reading

    Zebrowski, Mark, Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India (London: Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King, 1997), p. 142, fig. 189 & pl. 521

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 220 on p. 78, illus. p. 78

    Zebrowski, Mark, ‘The Butler Brass Ewer’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part Two, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.2, passim, illus. p. 160 fig. 1

Location

    • First floor | Room 33 | Mughal India

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