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Bowl with Griffin
1100s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Animated animals such as this griffin and robust palmette scrolls characterize the bold designs that often appear on dark manganese backgrounds in Garrus ware.
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Details
- Title: Bowl with Griffin
- Date Created: 1100s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: (A. U. Pope [1881-1969], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1182
- Medium: earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
- Inscriptions: Arabic letters in floriated Kufic on griffon's hip (ta or sad?) and above his back (kaf?).
- Department: Islamic Art
- Culture: Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century
- Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Collection: Islamic Art
- Accession Number: 1925.1182
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