Silver-Gilt Rosewater Sprinkler
Asian Art
On View: Asian Galleries, Arts of South Asia, 2nd floor
MEDIUM
Silver
DATES
early 17th century
DYNASTY
Mughal
PERIOD
Mughal
DIMENSIONS
11 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (29.5 x 8.3 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2001.5
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Georgia and Michael de Havenon
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Water-sprinkler executed in two interlocking sections forms by a globular body on a splayed foot with eight openwork floral panels and a log tapering neck with an openwork compressed globular collar at the base and the nozzle in the form of a floral bug. The body is decorated in repousse with reserved and engraved alternating palmettes and floral bouquets set against a punched-work ground. The neck is similarly decorated at the base with engraved palmette designs.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Arts of South Asia, 2nd floor
CAPTION
Silver-Gilt Rosewater Sprinkler, early 17th century. Silver, 11 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (29.5 x 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Georgia and Michael de Havenon, 2001.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2001.5_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2001.5_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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