A MUGHAL EWER, NORTH INDIA, LAHORE, MID...

Ornate flower designs completely cover its surface, typical of Mughal decoration. 31.5 cm high *A ewer like this was always used with a matching basin, since the water inside was for washing your hands. Hand washing is part of a religious ritual in many parts of the Islamic world. Water for washing hands is also customarily provided to guests as a form of polite greeting. Objects like this ewer were highly esteemed, not only for their beauty, but their importance to life – in parts of the world where water is hard to obtain, a water pitcher is worthy of praise. Artists celebrated ewers by painting them in graceful floral calligraphy, and they even inspired poems. **Other similar items can be found in the Los Angeles Museum of art, inv. No. AC 1955.52.1 and in the Minneapolis Museum of Art: The Katherine Kittredge McMillan Memorial Fund. Accession Number: 82.10.4. Similar examples can also be found in the book , Mark Zebrowski , Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, 1997, p. 162.

Estimated price: $5,000 - 7,000

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