Cleveland Museum of Art

Footed Bowl

Date

late 1100s–early 1200s

Medium

fritware, pierced and underglaze painting

Culture

Iran, probably Kashan, Seljuq period, late 12-early 13th century

Department

Islamic Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Iranian potters created transparency by piercing and glazing frit-body walls. Here, triangles and rosettes decorate incised scallops beneath the blue rim. The footed shape is derived from Iranian metal bowls.

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