"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
Date: dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm) W. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm) Frame: H. 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm) W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm) D.1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Classification: Codices
Country: probably Syria or Iraq
Rogers Fund, 1955
Date range
1314 – 1316
Largest dimension
55.2 cm
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