Detail View: The AMICA Library: Bowl
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.57.36.4
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Iranian
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Title:
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Bowl
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Detail
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Creation Date:
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late 12th-early 13th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1166
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Creation End Date:
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1233
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Materials and Techniques:
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Mina'i ware, composite body, opaque white glaze with gilding, overglaze painting
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Classification Term:
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Ceramics
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Dimensions:
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H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Diam. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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57.36.4
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Rogers Fund, and Gift of The Schiff Foundation, 1957
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Rights:
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Context:
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The central roundel with a sun symbol is surrounded by six circular medallions with symbols representing the moon and the planets Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn. The surrounding bands contain mounted horsemen and birds, geometric ornament, a row of seated courtiers and musicians with two enthroned personages, and an Arabic inscription in kufic script. A cursive Persian inscription surrounds the exterior. Representations of the planets and the signs of the zodiac were popular in Seljuq iconography and are also seen on stone relief sculpture and inlaid metalwork and continued to be important motifs in later Islamic art. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.is57.36.4.AV1.tif
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