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Cup with a Poem on Wine

second half 10th–11th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 453
The decoration of this cup, with a calligraphic band at its rim and a vegetal scroll at its base, is rather austere in appearance, but the inscription, a verse in Arabic, celebrates the pleasures of drinking. The cup compares closely with items in a hoard of silver found in northwest Iran that has been associated with Buyid patronage.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cup with a Poem on Wine
  • Poet: Ibn Sukkara al-Hashimi (d. A.H. 385/ 995–6 CE)
  • Date: second half 10th–11th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Iran
  • Medium: Silver; fire-gilded, hammered, chased
  • Dimensions: C
    Wt. 6.3 oz. (178.6 g)
  • Classification: Metal
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.133.2
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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