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Source Description
The red earthenware body of this bowl is covered with buff slip, excluding the foot ring. A stylized bird, ornamental motifs, and border designs were done in purplish-brown, red, green, and yellow under a colorless clear glaze.
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Document identity
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133598
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Bowl
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Source metadata
id
133598
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object
title
Bowl
description
The red earthenware body of this bowl is covered with buff slip, excluding the foot ring. A stylized bird, ornamental motifs, and border designs were done in purplish-brown, red, green, and yellow under a colorless clear glaze.
date
900s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80025899
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 11.5 x 28 cm (4 1/2 x 11 in.)
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Iran, Nishapur, Samanid Period, 10th Century
accession
1956.225
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earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
tombstone
Bowl, 900s. Iran, Nishapur, Samanid Period, 10th Century. Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration; overall: 11.5 x 28 cm (4 1/2 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1956.225
collection
Islamic Art
inscriptions
inscription
Two horizontal ornamental motifs at center may be derived from Arabic baraka (blessing), written retrograde.
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1
didYouKnow
The spiral marks on the bowl's exterior and the symmetry indicate that it was shaped by throwing clay on a wheel.
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 696
citation
Milliken, William M. “Early Byzantine Silver.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 45, no. 3 (March 1958): 35–94.
page_number
Reproduced: [unpaginated]
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Bacchantes in Islam.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 47, no. 3 (March 1960): 43–49.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 3, p. 45
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 210
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 210
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 266
citation
Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 24
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:51:23.218000
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133598
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Islamic Art
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Islamic Art
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earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
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