Cleveland Museum of Art

Bowl

Date

early 1600s

Medium

Fritware with underglaze design in colored slips, Kubachi ware

Culture

Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722)

Department

Islamic Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

A long-legged bird, possibly a crane, is surrounded by flowers on the inside of the bowl. The rim is encircled by a band of undulating stems and flowers in red, deep blue, turquoise-green, white, and dull green-gray. The exterior features only the crackle glaze. This type of pottery is named after a town in the Caucasus, but most Kubachi wares were likely made in northwestern Iran.

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