Bowl
early 14th century
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Bowl of fritware with a strong narrow foot ring, and straight expanding sides curving inwards towards the lip. Painted in dark and light blue, turquoise and greenish black interior in a central medallion with a leopard striding towards the left reserved in a dark blue ground covered with turquoise foliate. The sides are divided by radiating blue bands into six panels containing ogival medallions of turquoise foliage on a blue ground surrounded by foliage on a blue ground, surrounded by foliage in white and blue slip. Outside a border of alternate white and blue slip leaves, above a zone of diagonal black streaks upon a background of blue spots and black specks, under a transparent glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted and glazed |
| Brief description | Bowl of fritware, painted in dark and light blue, turquoise and greenish black under a transparent glaze, Iran, early 14th century. |
| Physical description | Bowl of fritware with a strong narrow foot ring, and straight expanding sides curving inwards towards the lip. Painted in dark and light blue, turquoise and greenish black interior in a central medallion with a leopard striding towards the left reserved in a dark blue ground covered with turquoise foliate. The sides are divided by radiating blue bands into six panels containing ogival medallions of turquoise foliage on a blue ground surrounded by foliage on a blue ground, surrounded by foliage in white and blue slip. Outside a border of alternate white and blue slip leaves, above a zone of diagonal black streaks upon a background of blue spots and black specks, under a transparent glaze. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support and the Byran Bequest |
| Object history | Formerly Kelekian Loan No.63 |
| Production | Sultananbad |
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| Accession number | C.56-1952 |
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| Record created | January 19, 2009 |
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