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Cup with a Poem on Wine

Cup with a Poem on Wine. Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm) Wt. 6.3 oz. (178.6 g). Poet: Ibn Sukkara al-Hashimi (d. A.H. 385/ A.D. 995-6). Date: second half 10th-11th century. This cup is inscribed in Arabic in kufic below the outside rim: Drink! For this day has a special boon, which if you had known about it / You would have hurried up with entertainment and hastened with rapture! // Don't hold the cup back, but drink it diluted, until you die from it, (dead) without reason.
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Title:
Cup with a Poem on Wine
Caption:
Cup with a Poem on Wine. Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm) Wt. 6.3 oz. (178.6 g). Poet: Ibn Sukkara al-Hashimi (d. A.H. 385/ A.D. 995-6). Date: second half 10th-11th century. This cup is inscribed in Arabic in kufic below the outside rim: Drink! For this day has a special boon, which if you had known about it / You would have hurried up with entertainment and hastened with rapture! // Don't hold the cup back, but drink it diluted, until you die from it, (dead) without reason.
Technique/material:
Silver; fire-gilded, hammered, chased
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3162 x 4200 px | 38.0 MB
Print size:
26.8 x 35.6 cm | 10.5 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ASIA • ATTRIBUTED TO IRAN • CUP • CUPS • DRINKING VESSELS • GILT • IRAN • ISLAMIC ART • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • SILVER • SILVER; FIRE-GILDED, HAMMERED, CHASED