Bowl
13th century (made)
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Bowl of buff earthenware painted with blue and greenish-black with touches of manganese purple. Flattened hemispherical shape with a small foot. Painted in the middle in a circular panel edged with black with the a figure of a hare in blue running left amidst frond-like foliage in blue, black and purple. Wide border of radiating triple blue lines and groups of black dots. Outside are radiating double lines alternately blue and black, and a narrow border of black herring-bone pattern.
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Materials and techniques | Bowl of buff earthenware painted with enamels |
Brief description | Bowl of buff earthenware painted with enamels, Iran, 13th century. |
Physical description | Bowl of buff earthenware painted with blue and greenish-black with touches of manganese purple. Flattened hemispherical shape with a small foot. Painted in the middle in a circular panel edged with black with the a figure of a hare in blue running left amidst frond-like foliage in blue, black and purple. Wide border of radiating triple blue lines and groups of black dots. Outside are radiating double lines alternately blue and black, and a narrow border of black herring-bone pattern. |
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Bibliographic reference | Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. p. 46, plate 96A |
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Accession number | C.120-1931 |
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Record created | November 18, 2003 |
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