Tray Made for the Rasulid Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Da'ud ibn Yusuf

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early 14th century · Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver and black compound · Islamic Art

A sultan from Yemen commissioned this tray, which includes his name and titles in a large band surrounding a central medallion with the twelve signs of the zodiac and personifications of the seven planets of medieval belief (the sun, the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus).

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 14th century

Medium

Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver and black compound

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891