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In contrast to the wares produced for the many religious buildings furnished by the pious sultan, which were appropriately aniconic in their decoration as required under the tenets of Islam, Fatima’s ewer includes bands of real and fantastic animals amidst luxuriant trees. Similar imagery was used in Arabic poetry and had mystical connotations (such as the verdancy of Paradise); it seems safe to assume that this was not lost on Fatima herself.","physicalDescription":"Large ewer on a footed base, with flared mouth, bulbous element on neck leading to rounded body, tapered stem and flared foot. Curved handle runs from neck to top of the body, spout long and thin ending in polygonal element. Some damage to body, bulbous element on neck possibly later, repairs to base of handle. All over decoration of arabesques and animal designs with large inscription band in thuluth script. 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