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360 - Two pilgrims’ water flasks
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Estimate 10 € - 20 €

Description

Two pilgrims’ water flasks Kashan, Syria or Iraq, circa 9th–11th century Made of unglazed terracotta, with a lens-shaped body supported by two handles and a flared spout; both sides are decorated with concentric circles. One (with a restored spout) is decorated with turquoise-glazed dots, H. 14 x 19 cm and H. 19 x 11 cm. For a similar example, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number: 32.150.82, and the Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq. Gourds of this type have notably been discovered in the ancient tumulus of Tapa Raza, on the Sharazor plain, in what is now the Sulaimaniya Governorate, in Mesopotamia. Finds such as this object bear witness to the continuous occupation of the urban area of Ctesiphon during the early centuries of the Islamic period, during which a pilgrimage site developed at Salman Pak, an area named after the tomb of Salman al-Farsi, one of the Prophet’s earliest companions and the first Iranian to convert to Islam. The site is still visited by pilgrims today. Two pottery pilgrim’s flasks with a lenticular body and twin arched handles flanking the trumpet-shaped spout. Decorated on both sides with bands of circles. Kashan, Syria or Iraq, c. 9th–11th century AD

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360 - Two pilgrims’ water flasks See original version (French)

360 - Two pilgrims’ water flasks
See original version (French)