Plaque

Description

Metal plaque, rectangular, with the depiction of a scene from Jami's romance 'Yusuf and Zulaikha', and with a floral border top and bottom: West Asia, Iran, Qajar period, 1868 - 1888

Museum reference

A.1946.81

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Plaque

Production information

Iran, West Asia

Date

1868 - 1888

Style / Culture

Qajar period

Materials

Copper alloy, Copper, Zinc

Physical description

Rectangular placque of copper alloy, the central motif, the borders and inscriptions are worked in repousse against a ring-punched ground.

Associations

Shahnama
Firdousi, 933 - 1021
Poet: Firsawsi
Yusuf ve Zuleikha
Depicted: Zuleikha

References

Al-Khamis, U., Evans, G. "Faint Echoes of Past Splendour - A Group of Brass Plaques from 19th-Century Qajar Iran", in Hillenbrand, R. (ed.) Shahnama: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings, London & New York: Routledge, 2004, pp. 129-41.