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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.22
Title
Bowl with inscription around the interior
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/216823

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Earthenware painted in black slip on white ground under transparent glaze
Technique
Underglazed
Dimensions
8 x 25.5 cm (3 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscription (in Arabic): "Lâ`l-jûdu yufnî`l-mâla qabla fanâ`ihi wa lâ`l-bukhlu fî mâli`l-shahîhi yazîdu." Translation: "Generosity does not consume wealth before its exhaustion and stinginess does not increase the wealth of a miser."

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.22
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 40 Years On... Donations by John Goelet: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures and Calligraphy, Tankas and Mandala, M. T. Train and Scala Books (New York, NY, 2000), page 19, 207
  • Studies In Islamic and Later Indian Art From the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), pae 58 & 60/figure 2

Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974
  • 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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