Bottle with Handlelate 12th-early 13th century

Not on view

Title: Bottle with Handle
Place Made: Iran
Date Made: late 12th-early 13th century
Medium: Fritware, underglaze and overglaze luster-painted
Dimensions: Height: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); Diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.166
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: The bright bursts of cobalt blue and turquoise on the body of this jug were initially colorless when they were applied and did not gain their final hue until after firing. Ceramics from the Islamic world, but especially medieval Iran, often feature incongruous splats of blue, turquoise, or green that perhaps were originally accidental but were later adopted as part of a vessel’s decoration. Here the alternating streaks of blue and turquoise are a continuation of the "accidental" drip made intentional.
Selected Bibliography: Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

Not on view

Title: Bottle with Handle
Place Made: Iran
Date Made: late 12th-early 13th century
Medium: Fritware, underglaze and overglaze luster-painted
Dimensions: Height: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); Diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.166
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: The bright bursts of cobalt blue and turquoise on the body of this jug were initially colorless when they were applied and did not gain their final hue until after firing. Ceramics from the Islamic world, but especially medieval Iran, often feature incongruous splats of blue, turquoise, or green that perhaps were originally accidental but were later adopted as part of a vessel’s decoration. Here the alternating streaks of blue and turquoise are a continuation of the "accidental" drip made intentional.
Selected Bibliography: Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.