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Collections

Bowl10th century

Not on view
Ceramic bowl with wide, shallow form on a small ring foot, decorated with white slip Arabic or Persian script against a reddish-brown interior glaze and dark exterior
Ceramic bowl with dark brown glaze, viewed from above, with white slip-painted Arabic script encircling the interior rim and a central medallion with additional inscription, concentric ridged bands separating the zones.
Title
Bowl
Place Made
Iran, Nishapur
Date Made
10th century
Medium
Earthenware, slip-painted under a transparent glaze
Dimensions
2 1/2 x 9 in. (6.35 x 22.86 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
M.68.37.5
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Chevedden, Paul E. "A Sāmānid Tombstone from Nīshāpūr." Ars Orientalis 16(1986): 153-170.