Spout for a Selsebil (Fountain)
c. 1550-1600
Description
This fountain spout is an excellent example of a group of Ottoman metal objects with minimal decoration and much more emphasis on form, a rarity in the Islamic world, where decoration is usually paramount and often even ignores or negates the underlying form.
Dimensions
32.7 cm (12 7/8 in.)
Provenance
[Soustiel, Paris, August 1973], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1973, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.
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