Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  The bowl is shallow with a flat rim and a low ring foot. The design is inscribed and painted in green, yellow and purple-brown on a white background. The foot and much of the exterior are unglazed. The clay is reddish buff in color.

  Clay: soft, red.

  Glaze: thin, transparent, of greenish cast.

  Decoration: design incised; areas colored green, yellow and aubergine on a white slip, under glaze.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)

  Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)

  Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

• Origin

  Syria

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1300s, 1200s

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Ayyubids, Syrians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)