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Bowl

Place of OriginPersia (Kashan, Iran)

Date13th century

DimensionsH: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Diam: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm).

MediumEarthenware with polychrome enamel decoration.

ClassificationCeramics

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

Object number

1941.16

Not on View

DescriptionA thick-walled bowl with a low flaring foot. Decorated in haft rang seven-colored polychrome technique, showing a seated prince resting his hand on the shoulder of a musician playing a stringed instrument. Both have long black hair and wear sumptuous robes. Blue background. The exterior has a turquoise band with gold circles and diamonds among regularly spaced geometric floral motifs.

Published References

The Toledo Museum of Art: Museum News, December 1941, p. 1509, fig. 7.

Exhibition History

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

New York, Iranian Institute, Exhibition of Persian Art, 1940, p. 48, case 11B.

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, Persian Art Through Four Millenia, 1940, cat. no. 90.