"It's actually a celebration of the exalted status of being drunk."
Curator Martina Rugiadi on a "Cup with a Poem on Wine," with a poem by Ibn Sukkara al-Hashimi.
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Photography by Anna-Marie Kellen
Poem recited by Abdullah Gouchani
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What makes this seemingly simple drinking vessel rebellious?
"It’s actually a celebration of the exalted status of being drunk."
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Poet Ibn Sukkara al-Hashimi
second half 10th–11th century
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