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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Bowl

900s

Iran, Nishapur, Samanid Period, 10th Century

earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
Overall: 11.5 x 28 cm (4 1/2 x 11 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1956.225
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The spiral marks on the bowl's exterior and the symmetry indicate that it was shaped by throwing clay on a wheel.

Description

The red earthenware body of this bowl is covered with buff slip, excluding the foot ring. A stylized bird, ornamental motifs, and border designs were done in purplish-brown, red, green, and yellow under a colorless clear glaze.
  • ?–1956
    (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1956–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 696 archive.org
    Milliken, William M. “Early Byzantine Silver.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 3 (March 1958): 35–94. Reproduced: [unpaginated] www.jstor.org
    Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Bacchantes in Islam.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 3 (March 1960): 43–49. Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 3, p. 45 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 210 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 210 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 266 archive.org
    Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 24
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.225