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Bowlfirst half of 14th century

Not on view
Ceramic bowl viewed from above, with dark olive-brown glaze and cream and pale pink decoration showing a seated figure in a central medallion surrounded by birds and dense floral scrollwork
Ceramic bowl with rounded form on a small foot ring, decorated in dark green and white with a repeating pattern of elongated pointed arches enclosing dotted vertical lines on the exterior, and a floral scroll border along the interior rim.
Title
Bowl
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
first half of 14th century
Medium
Fritware, gray slip, and underglaze-painted
Dimensions
Height: 4 5/16 in. (10.95 cm); Diameter: 9 in. (22.86 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.173
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes

The Mongol invasions of Iran, beginning in 1220, and the subsequent period of Ilkhanid rule by the descendants of Genghis Khan (1256–1353) had an important impact on the technique and decoration of Persian pottery, as is demonstrated by this vessel. Such underglaze-painted bowls, which are often designated as Sultanabad wares after the western Iranian city where a number of them were discovered (although there is no proof that any of them were made there), perhaps most clearly reflect the impact of the new aesthetic (also see