- Title
- Bowl
- 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)
- Accession Number
- M.2002.1.173
- 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
