Ewer
about 1220–30
Object PlaceWestern Iran
Medium/TechniqueBrass with silver, gold, and copper inlay, applied silver repoussé details, and mercury gilding
DimensionsHeight x width: 16 3/4 x 7 1/16 in. (42.5 x 18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number49.1901
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Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
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ProvenanceBy 1904, Octave Homberg (b. 1844 - d. 1907), Paris; May 11-16, 1908, posthumous Homberg sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 334, sold for 12,150 fr. By 1944, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1949, gift of Edward Jackson Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1949)
mid-late 18th century
mid-19th century
Early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century
early - mid 19th centuries
mid-late 18th century
second half of the 5th century A.D.
8th century A.D.
about 562 C.E.