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Source Description
Mina’i is a modern collectors’ term for ceramics made in Iran during the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The term mina’i, translates as “enamelled” in Persian, designating the colored glass pigments used to paint detailed figural decoration on vessels or tiles, which were then fixed on the ceramic base by multiple firings. The use of a wide range of colors, including turquoise, red, green, purple, and black, also led these types of ceramics to be called by the Persian term “haft rang,” or “seven colors.” A wide range of colors is seen here, heightened by the contrast between the white underglaze and the deep blue enamel.
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1502
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Bowl with Scroll Work
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1502
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Bowl with Scroll Work
description
Mina’i is a modern collectors’ term for ceramics made in Iran during the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The term mina’i, translates as “enamelled” in Persian, designating the colored glass pigments used to paint detailed figural decoration on vessels or tiles, which were then fixed on the ceramic base by multiple firings. The use of a wide range of colors, including turquoise, red, green, purple, and black, also led these types of ceramics to be called by the Persian term “haft rang,” or “seven colors.” A wide range of colors is seen here, heightened by the contrast between the white underglaze and the deep blue enamel.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq (?))
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en
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bowls (vessels)
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cm
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7.6
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16.1
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16.3
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H: 3 × W: 6 5/16 × D: 6 7/16 in. (7.6 × 16.1 × 16.3 cm)
Source extras
med
fritware, white underglaze, overglaze enamel with black, blue, red, and white. Traces of gilding.
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none
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none
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