Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Wade Cup
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1944.485
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Iran
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Iran
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Title:
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The Wade Cup
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1200-1225
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Creation Start Date:
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1200
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Creation End Date:
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1225
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Materials and Techniques:
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brass inlaid with silver
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork
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Dimensions:
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Diameter: 16.1cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1944.485
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Inscriptions:
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The band of animated script around the rim of the cup is a series of good wished for the owner. It translates: "Glory, and success, and government, and bliss, and soundness, and peace of mind, and mercy, and well-being, and good health, and duration, and increase, and satisfaction, and care, and continuance to its owner." Arabic is written from right to left.
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Rights:
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Context:
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Known as the Wade Cup, after J. H. Wade who bequeathed the funds for its acquisition, this bowl is the best known Islamic art object in the Museum. The rich decoration on the exterior of the bowl is organized into bands and compartments. Climaxing the decorative program is an inscription band at the rim in which the letters are transformed into humans and animals.The compartments created by the interlacing bands contain tiny figures of humans and animals. These represent the twelve signs of the zodiac. The zodiacal signs spring from astrology---the practice of interpreting the influence of planets and stars on earthly affairs. Astrology originated in the Middle East, in Babylonia, some four to five thousand years ago.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1944.485.tif
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