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Painted porcelain jar

9th AH - 15th AD.

UNESCO Almaty

UNESCO Almaty

Painted porcelain jar with white background and plant and two butterflies shape pattern. Under of the neck of the jar, there two line of the Omar Khayyam poem and the date of the jar written in Nastaliq's in 870 H/ 1491 AD., Timurid period , from Isfahan Poetry: در کار گهی {گه} کوزهگری بودم دوش ديدم دو هزار کوزه گويا و خموش ناگاه ز کوزه (کذا ) برآمد خروش کو کوزهگر و کوزه خر و کوزه فروش (I happened to pass by the potter’s workshop last night There I saw thousands of pots, both talking and quiet Then all of a sudden one pot let out an almighty roar Where is the pot seller the pot buyer and the "potwright"). There is a tradition of attributing poetry to Omar Khayyam, written in the form of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt رباعيات)

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  • Title: Painted porcelain jar
  • Date Created: 9th AH - 15th AD.
  • Location Created: Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 29.5 cm., D. 11.5 cm.
  • Subject Keywords: Iran, Porcelain, Silk Roads
  • Medium: Porcelain
UNESCO Almaty

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