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Source Description
In Arab countries and Muslim realms in the Mediterranean region, artistic innovation flourished in the 9th-14th centuries. Lusterware was among the most original development of Arab potters, who mixed silver sulfides and copper oxides to create a shiny, metallic sheen on the surface of glazed earthenware bowls, plates, and other utilitarian vessels. This lusterware bowl with underglaze black is decorated with a peacock against a scrollwork background.
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Document identity
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26314
label
Lusterware Bowl with Peacock
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26314
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object
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title
Lusterware Bowl with Peacock
description
In Arab countries and Muslim realms in the Mediterranean region, artistic innovation flourished in the 9th-14th centuries. Lusterware was among the most original development of Arab potters, who mixed silver sulfides and copper oxides to create a shiny, metallic sheen on the surface of glazed earthenware bowls, plates, and other utilitarian vessels. This lusterware bowl with underglaze black is decorated with a peacock against a scrollwork background.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
12th-early 13th century (Medieval)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
bowls (vessels)
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
9.5
height
34.9
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H: 3 3/4 × Diam: 13 3/4 in. (9.46 × 34.9 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
fritware, with luster decoration
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3930
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ISL
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2114
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1
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photo
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photo
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