Bowl

Creator Name

Cultural Context

Syria (Raqqa), Ayyubid Period

Date

Creation: early 1200s

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art

About the Work

Cleveland Museum of Art Object Description

This fritware bowl has wide flaring sides and a high foot. The decoration on the inside consists of a four-lobed device at center, surrounded by two circles. The inside walls carry a three-part design, with three oval motifs alternating with three squarish panels. Each panel contains an Arabic word.

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Title

Bowl

Creator

Worktype

Ceramic

Cultural Context

Syria (Raqqa), Ayyubid Period

Material

fritware with underglaze-painted design

Dimensions

Diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.);
height: 0.115metre

Technique

Language

Date

Creation: early 1200s

Provenance

(Dikran G. Kelekian [1867–1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), ?–1915; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1915–; Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Squarish panels on inside each contain the same word, in a clumsy naskh script: it appears to read "al-baraka" Arabic for "the blessing."

Location

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art

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