Bowl

Place of OriginPersia

Dateabout 1100-1200

DimensionsH: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Diam: 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); Diam of foot: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm).

MediumGlazed earthenware with enamel decoration.

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1941.13

Not on View

DescriptionSmall angular bowl with short foot. Decorated in haft rang, 7-color polychrome technique. Decorated with a repetitive inscription on the exterior. On the interior is a prince in a chequered green robe on a pale blue horse surrounded by arabesques. Turquoise glaze on interior and exterior with touches of gold.

Published References

The Toledo Museum of Art: Museum News, December 1941, fig. 11, p. 1512.

Exhibition History

London, Royal Academy, International Exhibition of Persian Art, 1931.

Denver Art Museum, 1932.

Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Persian Art Before and After the Mogul Conquest, 1959, no. 85.