Bowl
early 13th century (made)
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Bowl of fritware, with straight sides widdening at the rim, painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze. Decorated inside with a symmetrical radiating design of interlaced arabesques, and outside with palmettes separated by formal branching stems in black, the outline partly filled in with blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze. |
| Brief description | Bowl of fritware, decoration painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze, Iran (Kashan), early 13th century. |
| Physical description | Bowl of fritware, with straight sides widdening at the rim, painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze. Decorated inside with a symmetrical radiating design of interlaced arabesques, and outside with palmettes separated by formal branching stems in black, the outline partly filled in with blue. |
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| Production | Register - said to have come from Rayy |
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| Accession number | C.63-1913 |
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| Record created | March 30, 2009 |
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