Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 6. (Budapest, 1963)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Ferenczy, László: Daghestan Bronze Cauldrons

Fig. 1. Daghestan, bronze cauldron from the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts „Albánián cauldrons". At the beginning of the 20th century it was believed that these cauldrons came to Daghestan as the spoils of the campaigns to Armenia. As the decoration of the early speciemens corresponds to motifs of Sasanian character, some scholars concluded their origin to be Iranian or their development under Iranian influence. Just the presence of „Sasanian" elements has served as a basis for the conclusion that ancient Albania might have been the place of manufacture and that the statement by Andalusi on flourishing metallurgy may include the masters producing the cauldrons as well. No inscription has yet been found on the half-closed cauldrons, which without exception are derived from Daghestan. Most of the old open cauldrons have Arabic inscriptions, alluding to the name of the master and sometimes to his place of origin. Usually the inscription is applied to the protruding part of the brim. Thus the master called Abu Bakr B. Ahmad Marwazî left several