Cleveland Museum of Art

Bowl

Date: 800s–900s
Medium: earthenware with painted underglaze and incised design
Culture: Iraq or Iran
Department: Islamic Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

This large bowl with flaring sides is splashed with yellow, brown, and green pigments, which have run during the firing process, in imitation of Tang Chinese ceramics. Look closely: the bowl has incised decoration of a large palmette in the center and a split-leaf scroll pattern just inside the rim.

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