Ewer with bird, vegetal, and calligraphic motifs

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Ewer with bird, vegetal, and calligraphic motifs

Persia (Iran)LinkedCulture matchlcp-e178dfb5f331

Date
12th century
Medium
Stonepaste with molded decor under lapis-blue glaze, Kashan ware
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
1090

This elegant ewer, with its lobed body and bird, foliage, and calligraphic motifs in molded low relief, is one of only a few similar vessels glazed in dark blue that have survived from the Kashan workshops of the late Seljuk period. Iran, Asia

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Bequest of Alfred F. Pillsbury

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