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Historical Archive: Basin, "Baptistère de Saint Louis"

hammered bronze with gold, silver, and niello inlay
height 23.2 cm (9.1 inches), diameter of opening 50.5 cm
Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Egypt or Syria, around 1330-1340
Arabic inscription: Work of the master Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, may he be pardoned.
basin for ceremonial hand washing
formerly treasury of the Sainte-Chapelle, Château de Vincennes
Paris, Musée du Louvre LP 16


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full with polo player 		Click to enlarge.
full with archer 		Click to enlarge.
with person for scale 		Click to enlarge.
full with dragon hunter 		Click to enlarge.
full, angle from above showing inner frieze
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signature of artist: Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, in naskh script; cheetah on rim above 		Click to enlarge.
cheetah, upper animal band 		Click to enlarge.
gazelle, upper animal band above archer 		Click to enlarge.
dog, upper animal band 		Click to enlarge.
servitor with dog on a leash
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archer, lion pierced by arrow 		Click to enlarge.
courtiers with bared sword, kneeling, and with sheathed sword, mace, and bow; below: ram, fleur de lys superimposed over rampant lion 		Click to enlarge.
dog and gazelle, lower animal band below archer 		Click to enlarge.
servitors: man with hands behind back, man with cup inscribed with artist's name and bottle, man with animal, man with hands behind back, man with bowl; below: dromedary, fleur de lys superimposed over 'tamgha', cheetah 		Click to enlarge.
servitors: man with quadruped (lamb?), man with hands behind back, man with bowl inscribed "I am a 'makhfiya' for holding food"
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polo player (face inlay lost) 		Click to enlarge.
youth with polo stick; courtiers bent with sword, and with axe 		Click to enlarge.
hunter killing a bear with spear 		Click to enlarge.
hunter killing a dragon with spear 		Click to enlarge.
water buffalo, rim
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cheetah, rim 		Click to enlarge.
inner frieze, scene of battle: swordsman with arrow through neck, archer in helmet and lamellar armor, lancer; left: arms of France added in 1821; right: enthroned ruler