Bucket
Bucket of cast brass, chased/punched and decorated with inlaid silver, the decoration continuing over the base
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Photo © Courtauld
Photo © Courtauld
Maker
(metalworker)
1400-1525
1400-1525
Europe (Italy?) (before 1851) (metalworker)
Zayn-al Din (metalworker)
Title
Bucket
Bucket of cast brass, chased/punched and decorated with inlaid silver, the decoration continuing over the base
Bucket of cast brass, chased/punched and decorated with inlaid silver, the decoration continuing over the base
Date of Production
1500-1615
Medium
metalworked brass and silver inlay
Dimensions
Height: 11 cm
Diameter: 22.7 cm
Diameter: 22.7 cm
Object Number
O.1966.GP.198
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Label Text
This bucket is attributed to the master metalworker Zayn al-Din and is associated with the hammam, or bath house. Its richly inlaid surface suggests it was made for holding wine and could have been used in the hammam’s social spaces. The superb decoration on the underside would have been seen as the bucket was carried from guest to guest.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Islamic Metalwork Touring Highlights Exhibition, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, 27/09/2019-12/01/2020; Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, 18/01/2020-20/09/2020; Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, 10/09/2020-10/01/2021; Holburne Museum, Bath, 17/05/2021-01/08/2021
Bellini and the East, National Gallery, London, 12/04/2006-25/06/2006
The Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1967
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