Bronze Hispano-Moresque vase, 19th Century CE
bronze
height 55.9 cm
height 22 in
height 22 in
CB.134
A bronze, double handled Hispano-Moresque vase, produced during the 19th century. This piece features intricate and finely molded decoration in accordance with the islamic principle of an-iconic depiction, which is...
A bronze, double handled Hispano-Moresque vase, produced during the 19th century.
This piece features intricate and finely molded decoration in accordance with the islamic principle of an-iconic depiction, which is to say that no humans or animals may appear in islamic works. Instead stories are therefore told through ornate symbolism such as we see here.
This piece features intricate and finely molded decoration in accordance with the islamic principle of an-iconic depiction, which is to say that no humans or animals may appear in islamic works. Instead stories are therefore told through ornate symbolism such as we see here.