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Source Description
Made in a mold. Painted in black and blue under turquoise glaze. Hemispherical bowl; outside, sun on bottom, surrounded by representations of the 6 planets in relief, in bud-shaped compartments, which in turn are surrounded by a band of zodiac figures, in relief, in roundel compartments; inside, center, 2 confronted birds on either side of arabesque stem in star rosette.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
7720
label
Sun/ Planets/ zodiac figures/ birds
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7720
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sun/ Planets/ zodiac figures/ birds
description
Made in a mold. Painted in black and blue under turquoise glaze. Hemispherical bowl; outside, sun on bottom, surrounded by representations of the 6 planets in relief, in bud-shaped compartments, which in turn are surrounded by a band of zodiac figures, in relief, in roundel compartments; inside, center, 2 confronted birds on either side of arabesque stem in star rosette.
provenance
Walters Collection
date
early 13th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bowls (vessels)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.3
height
24.1
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 4 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (11.3 x 24.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
Clay/ painted in black and blue under turquoise glaze.
creator_ids
none
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
a7e066835950757a