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The ewer was made between 1210 and 1220 in a pottery workshop in Kashan, Iran. A reticulated jug (see photograph below) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), also pierced and dated 1215, allows us to locate the beginnings of these reticulated decorations at the beginning of the 13th century.The ewer has been in the Louvre since 1970, following a donation from the Société des Amis du Louvre which acquired it for Fr25,000 (approximately €3,800). It was previously in the collection of Jacques Acheroff. The piece was presented at the 1903 Muslims Arts Exhibition at the Musée des Arts décoratifs (Paris), organized under the direction of Gaston Migeon, curator at the Louvre, and Raymond Kœchlin.
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