Detail View: The AMICA Library: Bowl
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.65.106.2
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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 Name:
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Samarqand
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Attributed to Samarqand, Central Asia
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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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Attributed to Nishapur, Iran
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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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Full View
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Creation Date:
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10th century
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Creation Start Date:
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900
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Creation End Date:
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999
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Materials and Techniques:
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Earthenware, red body, white engobe, underglaze painted (slip-painted, incised, and glazed)
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Classification Term:
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Ceramics
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Dimensions:
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H. 7 in. (17.8 cm), Diam. 18 in. (45.7 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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65.106.2
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Credit Line:
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Rogers Fund, 1965
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Rights:
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Context:
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Inscriptions figure prominently in the decoration of objects and buildings throughout the history of Islamic art. Yet it is in Samanid bowls, such as this one, that they were used with an unequalled purity and power, both as calligraphy and to enhance the object they decorate. This bowl is an unusually large, particularly fine example of its kind. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.is65.106.2.R.tif
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