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Source Description
This bowl is an incised and pierced fritware or stone-paste bowl. Similar material from the 12th to the 14th century has been found at Kashan, Rayy and Gurgan. The body of the bowl has a pierced pattern that was then filled with translucent glaze that allows light to pass through. The interior center has a cobalt blue goose with incised decoration. The bowl was purchased from the Armenian collector and dealer Dikran Kelekian by Henry Walters.
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Document identity
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19373
label
Bowl
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19373
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object
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normalized
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Bowl
description
This bowl is an incised and pierced fritware or stone-paste bowl. Similar material from the 12th to the 14th century has been found at Kashan, Rayy and Gurgan. The body of the bowl has a pierced pattern that was then filled with translucent glaze that allows light to pass through. The interior center has a cobalt blue goose with incised decoration. The bowl was purchased from the Armenian collector and dealer Dikran Kelekian by Henry Walters.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
13th century
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CC0
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en
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bowls (vessels)
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import
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cm
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12.3
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26.6
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H: 4 13/16 x W: 10 1/2 in. (12.3 x 26.6 cm)
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Seljuk
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fritware incised and pierced with cobalt blue and transparent glazes
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