Bowl

early 1600s

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

A long-legged bird, possibly a crane, is surrounded by flowers on the inside of the bowl. The rim is encircled by a band of undulating stems and flowers in red, deep blue, turquoise-green, white, and dull green-gray. The exterior features only the crackle glaze.

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Title: Bowl
Date Created: early 1600s
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 8.4 x 35.6 cm (3 5/16 x 14 in.)
Provenance: (Dikran G. Kelekian [1867-1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Ceramic
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.594
Medium: Fritware with underglaze design in colored slips, Kubachi ware
Fun Fact: This type of pottery is named after a town in the Caucasus, but most Kubachi wares were likely made in northwestern Iran.
Department: Islamic Art
Culture: Iran, Safavid period (1501-1722)
Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Collection: Islamic Art
Accession Number: 1915.594

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