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| Keywords: Bulgarian - Drinking Bowl - Walters 57626.jpg Bowls very similar to this one have Slavic inscriptions that indicate they were made in northwestern Bulgaria in the 1570s when the country was part of the Ottoman Empire This bowl's neutral imagery makes it uncertain whether it was used by Christians or Muslims To a Christian the peacocks on it would symbolize the garden of paradise; to a Muslim they would allude to luxury and courtly pleasures ca 1560 1580 Early Modern repoussé and engraved silver cm 4 3 16 7 accession number 57 626 39450 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin northwest Bulgaria Walters Art Museum license Islamic metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Folk art of Bulgaria | ||||
