Bowl
16th century or 17th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Bowl of fritware, with rounded sides and foliated rim, painted in blue and outlined with black under a clear glaze. On the outer rim band are six horses galloping above waves. On the main body ten cakras are linked by a long stem with ten small ruyi heads. The inner rim band is filled with curly waves. The central border of a segmented wave-and-spray motif encompasses a single horse with a strange shape on its back. Imitation Chinese square mark in black.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Fritware with underglaze painting |
| Brief description | Bowl, fritware painted in underglaze blue and black, Iran, 16th or 17th century |
| Physical description | Bowl of fritware, with rounded sides and foliated rim, painted in blue and outlined with black under a clear glaze. On the outer rim band are six horses galloping above waves. On the main body ten cakras are linked by a long stem with ten small ruyi heads. The inner rim band is filled with curly waves. The central border of a segmented wave-and-spray motif encompasses a single horse with a strange shape on its back. Imitation Chinese square mark in black. |
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| Production | Register |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2903-1876 |
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| Record created | March 26, 2009 |
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