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Source Description
This large bowl with flaring sides is splashed with yellow, brown, and green pigments, which have run during the firing process, in imitation of Tang Chinese ceramics.
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Document identity
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94657
label
Bowl
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
94657
contentType
object
title
Bowl
description
This large bowl with flaring sides is splashed with yellow, brown, and green pigments, which have run during the firing process, in imitation of Tang Chinese ceramics.
date
800s–900s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79475134
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.)
cul
Iraq or Iran
accession
1915.303
Source extras
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earthenware with painted underglaze and incised design
tombstone
Bowl, 800s–900s. Iraq or Iran. Earthenware with painted underglaze and incised design; diameter: 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Worcester R. Warner Collection, 1915.303
collection
Islamic Art
didYouKnow
Look closely: the bowl has incised decoration of a large palmette in the center and a split-leaf scroll pattern just inside the rim.
citations
citation
MacClean, J. Arthur. "The Worcester R. Warner Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 3 (March 1917): 43–55.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 45; Mentioned: p. 47
citation
MacClean, J. Arthur. "Persian Pottery Bowl from Rhages IXth Century." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 7, no. 1 (January 1920): 6-7.
page_number
Reproduced: Front Matter; Mentioned: pp. 6–7
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25136338
citation
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 6 (October 1985): 326–359.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: 348, fig. 43
creditline
The Worcester R. Warner Collection
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:02:11.600000
sourceId
94657
dept
Islamic Art
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Islamic Art
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earthenware with painted underglaze and incised design
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0
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photo
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