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Spout for a Selsebil (Fountain)
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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.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
[Soustiel Paris August 1973] sold; to Edwin Binney 3rd 1973 bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums 1985.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Title: Spout for a Selsebil (Fountain)
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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.
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