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Source Description
Animated animals, such as this griffin, and robust palmette scrolls characterize the bold designs that often appear on dark manganese backgrounds in Garrus ware, from northwestern Iran.
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107181
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Bowl with Griffin
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107181
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object
title
Bowl with Griffin
description
Animated animals, such as this griffin, and robust palmette scrolls characterize the bold designs that often appear on dark manganese backgrounds in Garrus ware, from northwestern Iran.
date
1100s
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language
en
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Q60757067
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Ceramic
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
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Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century
accession
1925.1182
Source extras
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earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
tombstone
Bowl with Griffin, 1100s. Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century. Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration; overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1925.1182
collection
Islamic Art
inscriptions
inscription
Arabic letters in floriated Kufic on griffon's hip (ta or sad?) and above his back (kaf?).
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citations
citation
Pope, Arthur Upham. <em>An Introduction to Persian Art since the Seventh Century A.D</em>. London: P. Davies, 1930.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 68; Reproduced: fig. 23
citation
Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. <em>A survey of Persian art</em>. London: Oxford, 1938–39.
page_number
Mentioned: Vol. II, p. 1533; Reproduced: Vol. V, pl. 616b
citation
Ackerman, Phyllis. <em>Guide to the exhibition of Persian art</em>. New York: Iranian Institute, 1940.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 164, case 21, E
citation
Lane, Arthur. <em>Early Islamic pottery; Mesopotamia, Egypt and Persia</em>. London: Faber and Faber, 1953.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 26
citation
Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, and Mario Bussagli. <em>Mostra d'arte iranica. Exhibition of Iranian art. Roma, Palazzo Brancaccio, giugno-agosto, 1956. Catalogo. Catalogue</em>. Milano: "Silvana" editoriale d'arte, 1956.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 222; Reproduced: no. 330
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 697
citation
Masteller, Kimberly. "Arthur Upham Pope and Collecting Persian Art for Kansas City." In <em>Arthur Upham Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art. </em>Yuka Kadoi, ed., 267–268. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 267–268, no. 2
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 05:45:49.270000
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107181
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Islamic Art
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Islamic Art
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earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
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