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Bowl with Two Houri

CulturePersian
Dateearly 13th century
MediumEarthenware with lead glaze and luster Ceramic
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (8.89 × 19.69 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-120/5
On View
Not on view
Exhibition History
No exhibition history known at this time.
Provenance

With Hagop Kevorkian, New York, stock no. 52, by July 1, 1932 [1];

Purchased from Kevorkian, through Langdon Warner, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.

NOTES:

[1] Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01/01 Director's Office Records: Paul Gardner, 1932-53, Box 1, Folder 23, Kevorkian 1932-50.

Published References

Ross E. Taggart and George L. McKenna, eds., Handbook of the Collections in The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, vol. 2, Art of the Orient, 5th ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1973), 158, (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 399, (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008).

Robert Cohon et al. Ceramics:  Highlights from the Collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2016), 42-43, (repro.), 26, fig. 11, (repro.).

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Ewer
mid-13th century
35-31/5
interior overall
late 12th-early 13th century
32-24
Sweetmeat Dish
late 12th century
32-110
Bowl
10th century C.E.
54-79
Garrus Ware Bowl with Central Lion
12th-13th century
32-114/4
Bowl with Splash Decoration
10th century C.E.
32-114/2
overall interior
10th century C.E.
54-80
side A overall
12th century
32-115/10
recto overall
12th century
35-14