Bowl
CulturePersian
Datelate 12th-early 13th century
MediumFritware with opaque turquoise glaze and over-painted decoration
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 × 8 inches (8.57 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-31/4
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Exhibition HistoryEchoes: Islamic Art and Contemporary Artists, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, August 31, 2013-April 27, 2014, no cat.
The decoration of this vessel demonstrates the pervasiveness of early Islamic designs in the eastern Islamic lands. The inside of the bowl is painted with interlocking palmettes and split-leaf arabesques that create a repeating hexagonal pattern radiating from the center. Turquoise glaze is frequently used in Islamic art at this time in the production of ceramic wares and glazed architectural tiles.
With Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York, by March 22, 1935 [1];
Purchased from Kevorkian by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
NOTES:
[1] Letter from J. C. Nichols, Nelson-Atkins Trustee, to Kevorkian, March 22, 1935, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01/01, Director's Office Records: Paul Gardner, 1932-53, Box 1, Folder 23, Kevorkian 1932-50.
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), 26, no. 9, (repro.).
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