About the Artwork
Top Part of a Processional Standard
17th century
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Iranian
Islamic
Steel
Overall (mounted): 16 × 5 × 3 1/8 inches (40.6 × 12.7 × 7.9 cm)
Metalwork
Islamic Art
Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, and the J. Lawrence Buell, Jr. Fund
1994.21
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, upper medallion, mirrored: Ya Muhammad! Inscribed, lower medallion, mirrored: Ya 'Ali!
Provenance
(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany)
1994-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Islamic, Iranian, Top Part of a Processional Standard, 17th century, steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, and the J. Lawrence Buell, Jr. Fund, 1994.21.
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