Vessels10th century

Fragmentary Bowl

10th century

Description

This bowl is a modern pastiche, pieced together from fragments of eleven different vessels, all probably dating to the Samanid period. The reconstruction has given the bowl an uncharacteristically squat profile. The inscription, recomposed from a hodgepodge of fragments, is indecipherable. Heavy overpainting that formerly disguised the joins between unrelated fragments has been removed.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Underglazed, painted

Medium

Reddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with red (iron) and black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze.

Period

Samanid period

Century

10th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

7.2 x 23.4 cm (2 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Provenance

[Mansour Gallery, London, 1974], sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (1974-2002), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2002.

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