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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.375
Title
Bowl with inscription around the rim in the interior
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bowl with Peripheral Kufic Script
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
10th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Nishapur
Period
Samanid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216222

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Underglaze slip-painted earthenware
Technique
Underglazed
Dimensions
6.5 x 20.5 cm (2 9/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.375
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Studies In Islamic and Later Indian Art From the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), page 60/figure 1

Exhibition History

  • Pattern and Purpose. Decorative Arts of Islam., Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/19/1994 - 07/03/1994
  • The Continuous Stroke of a Breath: Calligraphy from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/20/2003 - 07/18/2004

Verification Level

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