Bowl with eagle, arabesques, and kufic inscription

Details

• Title

  Bowl with eagle, arabesques, and kufic inscription

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

  Asia › Iran › Kashan (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › Iran › Markazi › Saveh (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  possibly 13th century (1201 - 1300)
  possibly 20th century (1901 - 2000)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with red and black enamels, and painting in white and gold over a turquoise glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled;

  covered › metallized › gilded

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl;

  production/replication › forgery

• Dimensions

  8.3 cm (height)
  32.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.123

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