Bobrinski Bucket

The Bobrinski Bucket is a 12th-century bronze bucket originally manufactured for a merchant in Herat in 1163 out of bronze with copper and silver inlaid decorations. It provides one of the earliest examples of Persian anthropomorphic calligraphy. It is named after a former owner, Count Bobrinsky, and is now in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

See also

• Situla (vessel)

External links

• Epigraphy, from Iranicaonline.org
• Studies in Islamic Metal Work--V by D. S. Rice, on JSTOR
• BBC News In pictures: Art from Islamic Lands (4th picture)