Bowl

The bowl is shallow with a flat rim and a low ring foot. The design is inscribed and painted in green, yellow and purple-brown on a white background. The foot and much of the exterior are unglazed. The clay is reddish buff in color.

Clay: soft, red.
Glaze: thin, transparent, of greenish cast.
Decoration: design incised; areas colored green, yellow and aubergine on a white slip, under glaze.

Historical period(s)
Ayyubid period, 12th-13th century
Medium
Stone-paste painted and incised under glaze
Dimensions
H x W: 7.6 x 28.3 cm (3 x 11 1/8 in)
Geography
Syria
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1942.13
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
Ayyubid period (1171 - 1250), Syria
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

The bowl is shallow with a flat rim and a low ring foot. The design is inscribed and painted in green, yellow and purple-brown on a white background. The foot and much of the exterior are unglazed. The clay is reddish buff in color.

Clay: soft, red.
Glaze: thin, transparent, of greenish cast.
Decoration: design incised; areas colored green, yellow and aubergine on a white slip, under glaze.

Published References
  • Smithsonian Institution. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1942-1943. Washington. pl. 1.
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 301.
  • Arthur Lane. Early Islamic Pottery: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Persia. Faber Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain London. pl. 35, a.
  • Robert J. Charleston. Islamic Pottery. Masterpieces of Western and Near Eastern Ceramics, vol. 4 Tokyo and New York. pl. 63.
  • Richard Ettinghausen. Medieval Near Eastern Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and Baltimore. p. 21.
  • Dr. Esin Atil. Art of the Arab World. Exh. cat. Washington, 1975. cat. 29, p. 74.
  • Ernst Grube. The World of Islam. Landmarks of the World's Art London. p. 81, pl. 41.
  • Dr. Esin Atil. Ceramics from the World of Islam. Exh. cat. Washington, 1973. cat. 62, pp. 138-139.
Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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