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Bowl with Kufic Calligraphy
Unknown10th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Large bowl with flaring sides. Ceramic, transparent colorless glaze, brown slip, white englobe, buff earthenware body. Huge Kufic characters form with center rosette the interior design, outside plain.
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Details
- Title: Bowl with Kufic Calligraphy
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 10th century
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/125981/Bowl_with_Kufic_Calligraphy
- Medium: Ceramic; earthenware, painted in brown slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze
- Possible place made: Northeast, Iran
- Inscribed: Arabic inscription in Kufic script: "Planning before work protects from regrets; patience is the key to comfort."
- Dimensions: 5 1/16 x 16 3/4 in. (12.9 x 42.5 cm)
- Collection: Arts of the Islamic World
- Accession number: 86.227.8
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