Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Raqqa
Date12th century
DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Rim Diam: 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
MediumGlazed stonepaste with luster decoration.
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1941.9
Not on View
DescriptionA large round bowl with a wide flat rim and short foot, covered with an amber glaze with lozenges, stylized fish and seaweed, painted with a greenish-gold luster.
Published ReferencesThe Toledo Museum of Art: Museum News, December 1941, p. [1508], repr. fig. 5.
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Museum, [Special Persian exhibition], 1926
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ceramic Art of the Near East, 1931, no. 171.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Islamic Art, November 1944 - January 1945.
Houston, Museum of Natural Science; San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute; Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History; Brooklyn Museum, The Heritage of Islam, 1982-1984, no. 192.
Late 13th - Early 14th century
about 1520-25
about 1450-70
about 1370
1100-1299
13th century
Abbasid Period (750-1258)
Tang Dynasty (618-907), about 725
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