Bowl
900-1000 (made)
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This bowl is an example of a distinctive ceramic tradition that developed in eastern Iran from the 10th century. Potters took inspiration from indigenous metalwork and applied the decoration in slip (liquid clay) of contrasting colours. These coloured slips were used to create bold designs based on plants, interlace and other patterns. The decoration was often of very high quality, like the varied motifs on this bowl.
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Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware with slip decoration |
Brief description | Bowl, black with white and pale brown decoration, Eastern Iran or Uzbekistan, 900-1000. |
Physical description | Hemishperical bowl with shallow foot. Lip, external to rim of bowl. Black with decoration in white and pale brown. Exterior decorated with white diagonal lines in band just below rim, and exterior of lip decorated with scrolling white lines within border of white lines and dots. Interior of bowl decorated with a bisecting band of with zig-zag pattern, out of ends of which flare foliate shapes and paterae. Interior also decorated with band of geometic patterning opposite spout, and two paterae, one on either side of band. |
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Production | Said to have been found at Nishapur. |
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Summary | This bowl is an example of a distinctive ceramic tradition that developed in eastern Iran from the 10th century. Potters took inspiration from indigenous metalwork and applied the decoration in slip (liquid clay) of contrasting colours. These coloured slips were used to create bold designs based on plants, interlace and other patterns. The decoration was often of very high quality, like the varied motifs on this bowl. |
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Accession number | C.104-1957 |
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Record created | May 5, 2000 |
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