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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.7
People
Wasma'a Chorbachi (Cairo, Egypt 1944 -)
Title
Blessings and Peace: Desert Storm
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1993
Period
Modern
Culture
Iraqi
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165449

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White stoneware, high fire soda glaze, iron oxide, oribe blue glaze rim, low fire gold luster
Dimensions
5.1 × 35.6 cm (2 × 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., above rim, in Arabic: "Wasma'a 1993"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Neil and Angelica Rudenstine, Warren and Jane Shapleigh and Mrs. Robert B. Newman in honor of James Cuno and through the generosity of Corina and David Silich von-Schultess
Copyright
© Wasma 1993
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.7
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The artist describes the technique of the bowl as follows: “White stoneware, high fire soda glaze, iron oxide, oribe blue glaze rim, low fire gold luster.”

Publication History

  • Mary McWilliams, Baraka: Blessings in Clay, The Studio Potter, Mary Barringer (Shelburne Falls, MA, 2007), Vol. 35, No. 2, p 14-19, p. 19, fig. 6

Verification Level

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