Sujet
Bath Pail (satl), c. 1580-1610. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Bath Pail (satl), c. 1580-1610. This pail was made to carry traditional bathing equipment such as combs and a friction glove to the public bath, or hamman. Intended for the faithful?s purification, the hamman was also a meeting place and a center of social life as well as a popular theme with Iranian poets. The poem in the upper band of this pail employs bath imagery to express the Lover?s longing to see the Beloved. In the lower bands, verses by the celebrated poet Jami (died 1492) liken the sense of well-being induced by a visit to the bath to the elation experienced through ascetic detachment.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F70_444
Model release
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Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
90,9Mo (4,8Mo) / 48,7cm x 46,7cm / 5756 x 5521 (300dpi)