The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 27, 2021

Bowl with Flying Birds

1280-1400

Iran, probably Kashan, Sultanabad ware, Ilkhanid period

Fritware with underglaze-painted design

Overall: 11.2 x 22 cm (4 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.589

Location

116 Islamic

Description

This bowl with white slip designs on gray slip grounds, was made after the Mongol conquest of Iran in the 13th century and show Chinese influence in its flat rim.

Provenance
?-1915
(Dikran G. Kelekian [1867-1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1915-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1915-present
Citations
Charleston, Robert Jesse. 1979. Masterpieces of western and near eastern ceramics. Vol. 4 Vol. 4. New York: distributed by Kodansha International/USA through Harper & Row. Plate 55
Allan, James W. 1991. Islamic ceramics. Oxford: Christie's. Reproduced: p. 35; Mentioned: p. 34
Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1915.589