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Bowl Fragmentcirca 1200-1220

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Ceramic bowl fragment with reddish-brown lusterwear decoration, featuring Arabic or Persian script bands above dense arabesque scrollwork with human faces
Ceramic vessel fragments in three pieces on a gray surface; the largest shard shows white reserve decoration on a rust-brown ground with scrolling arabesque and bird motifs, with a band of Arabic script in the interior; a curved rim fragment displays cobalt blue and luster-painted Arabic inscription; two small fragments lie nearby.
Three ceramic fragments with lusterware decoration in brown and white; the largest shard shows scrolling vegetal motifs and figural forms, while a curved rim fragment bears Arabic script in brown on white glaze.
Ceramic fragments of a bowl with lusterware decoration: a large curved body shard with rust-brown and white scrolling arabesques and Arabic script band, a rim fragment with cobalt blue and gold foliate inscription border, and two small pieces.
Ceramic vessel fragment with lusterwares decoration: dense golden-brown scrolling arabesques and white reserve birds on the body, a cobalt blue band with gold Arabic script near the rim, and a lower register of Arabic inscription in black on white.
Ceramic vessel fragment with lusterware decoration; dense scrolling arabesque pattern in brown and white covers the body, bordered by a band of Arabic script in gold on blue at the rim and a second inscription band in luster below; irregular broken edges reveal the earthenware body and a footed base.
Ceramic tile fragment with two decorative registers: an upper blue-glazed band bearing Arabic script in gold lustre, and a lower section with brown and white lustre arabesque scrollwork featuring stylized birds. Edges are broken and uneven.
Ceramic fragment with lustre-painted decoration in reddish-brown and white, depicting multiple figures with shaved or covered heads set against a dense scrolling arabesque ground, crackled glaze surface visible throughout.
Ceramic vessel fragment with lustrous dark brown and white decoration; bands of Arabic script in cursive style border the rim, above a lower register filled with dense arabesque scrollwork and figural motifs.
Ceramic fragment with white slip on reddish-brown ground, featuring two bands of Arabic script in cursive style above a dense scrolling arabesque border of spirals and leaf forms.
Ceramic shard with white slip ground, painted in dark reddish-brown and green with two human faces and dense scrolling arabesque decoration.
Ceramic fragment with luster-painted decoration in brown and white, depicting four human faces arranged in medallions surrounded by dense scrolling vine patterns; Arabic script visible at lower left edge; irregular broken edges against black background.

Unknown, Bowl Fragment, circa 1200-1220, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bowl Fragment
Place Made
Iran, Kashan
Date Made
circa 1200-1220
Medium
Fritware, underglaze and overglaze luster-painted and gilded
Dimensions
6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (17.14 x 17.14 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.187
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Blair, Sheila S. "A Brief Biography of Abu Zayd." Muqarnas 25: 155-176 (2008).
  • Canby, Sheila R., Deniz Beyazit, Martina Rugiadi, and A.C.S. Peacock. Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Porter, Yves. "Epic Iconography or Folktale Illustrations? Narrative Devices on Kashan Ceramics (Late 12th-Early 13th Century)," in Under the Adorned Dome: Four Essays on the Arts of Iran and India (Leiden: Brill, 2023), 52-105.