Goblet drum
Vernacular Name
- Zarb
- Tombak
Date1925 ca.
Place MadeIran, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneDescriptionClay drum with goatskin head. Four figurative panels, after the Savafid style, depict scenes of feasting beneath leafy trees. The subjects on one are a lute (tār) player and two ladies, the panel opposite with a servant offering wine to two seated men. A lady in the panel on the stem holds a wine flask and inclines her head towards a seated man drinking wine. The gulbulbul—a rose and nightingale motif found throughout Persia art—appears in several places. A wreath of large roses encircles the foot of the drum.
DimensionsOver all height: 419 mm
Diameter of head: 253 mm
Diameter of bowl: 281 mm
Height of bowl (including upper rim): 222 mm
Diameter of foot: 216 mm
Diameter of aperture at foot: 98 mm
Height of upper rim: 28 mm
Height of foot: 22 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1978 from Wurlitzer-Bruck, New York, New York.
Credit LinePurchase funds gift of Barnes and Usher Abell, 1978
Object number02424
On View
Not on view
1925 ca.
1880-1900 ca.
