Harvard Art Museums > 1985.333: Spout for a Selsebil (Fountain) Architectural Elements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Spout for a Selsebil (Fountain) (Unknown Artist) , 1985.333,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 06, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/215943. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.333 People Unknown Artist Title Spout for a Selsebil (Fountain) Classification Architectural Elements Work Type architectural element Date c. 1550-1600 Places Creation Place: Middle East Period Ottoman period Culture Turkish Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/215943 Location Location Level 2, Room 2550, Art from Islamic Lands, The Middle East and North Africa View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Gilded bronze Technique Gilding Dimensions 32.7 cm (12 7/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Soustiel, Paris, August 1973], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1973, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums Accession Year 1985 Object Number 1985.333 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This fountain spout is an excellent example of a group of Ottoman metal objects with minimal decoration and much more emphasis on form, a rarity in the Islamic world, where decoration is usually paramount and often even ignores or negates the underlying form. Publication History Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 226-227/figure 2 Exhibition History Pride of the Village: Rugs and Kilims of Turkey, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/1988 - 10/09/1988 The Ottoman Empire: A Culture and Its Impact, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/1989 - 05/21/1989 The Ottomans and their Contemporaries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/1992 - 05/17/1992 Shadows of God On Earth: Arts of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Dynasties, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/21/1997 - 08/31/1997 Overlapping Realms: Arts of the Islamic World and India, 900-1900, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/02/2006 - 03/23/2008 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/15/2024 - 11/05/2024 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
