Bowl

CulturePersian

Dateearly 13th century

MediumGlazed pottery Ceramic

DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 8 5/8 inches (9.84 × 21.91 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number35-12

On View

Not on view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Persian Art, The Iranian Institute, New York, April 15-May 15, 1940, gallery 8, case 17, no. M.

Provenance

With Arthur Upham Pope, London and New York, by 1935 [1];

Purchased from Pope by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.

[1] In letter dated June 19, 1934 from Arthur Upham Pope to J. C. Nichols (NAMA curatorial files), Pope wrote of his recent return to Oxford from Persia. This bowl is one of three ceramic objects acquired for our museum during the trip to Persia.

Published References

Phyllis Ackerman, Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art, exh. cat. (New York: The Iranian Institute, 1940), 226.

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