Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout / Artist Unknown, Iran
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.114
- Title
- Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Artist Nationality
- Iranian
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Object Creation Place
- Middle East (general region)
- Iran (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Middle East (general region)
- Creation Place 2
- Iran (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Dimensions
- 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Physical Description
- This large bronze faucet features a peacock spigot and a lion-headed spout.
- Subject Matter
- Since Antiquity artists in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East had produced bronze vessels in the shape of animals to hold liquids, or to serve as incense burners, oil lamps, and even fountains. Although the manufacture of such vessels lapsed in Western Europe during the early Middle Ages, this Syrian faucet decorated with animals eloquently testifies to the unbroken continuity of these traditions in lands around the Mediterranean under Islamic rule. The large scale of the faucet suggests that it might have originally served as part of a fountain.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 841 x 861
- File Size
- 48 KB
- Record
- 1959/1.114
- Link to this Item
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"Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout; Artist Unknown, Iran." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1959-sl-1.114/1959_1.114.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 05, 2024.