Drinking Vessel with Dragon Handle

Image credit: The Khalili Collections

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Dated metal mugs with dragon-handles are practically all from the reign of the Timurid ruler of Herat, Husayn Bayqara (r.1470–1505). They represent the final phase of the drinking vessels with such handles which first appear in the Eurasian steppes with the coming of the Mongols. This example is inlaid with an all-over pattern of fine florets and leaflets in ogival panels. The handle bears a loop to attach a lid, now lost.

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Drinking Vessel with Dragon Handle

Date

late 15th C

Medium

brass or bronze, cast, spun on a lathe, chased & inlaid with gold & silver; handle cast

Accession number

249

Work type

Sculpture

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The Khalili Collections

London, Greater London England

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