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Collections

Bowl with Epigraphic Decoration10th century

Not on view
Black-and-white photograph of a wide, shallow ceramic bowl with flared walls, a small foot ring, and a light glaze showing significant rim damage and surface crazing
Ceramic bowl viewed from above, white glaze with crackled surface, a single horizontal band of bold Arabic script in black across the center.

Unknown, Bowl with Epigraphic Decoration, 10th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bowl with Epigraphic Decoration
Place Made
Iran, Nishapur or Samarqand
Date Made
10th century
Medium
Earthenware, underglaze painted
Dimensions
2 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (7.30 x 21.91 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.295
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.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.