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Bowl with a pair of lovers
Seljuq period
early 13th century
Object Place: possibly Kashan, Iran
Medium/Technique
Fritware (stonepaste), white slip with dark brown under turquoise-tinted glaze
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 9.7 x 19 cm (3 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Keith McLeod Fund
Accession Number65.1272
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionWheel-thrown body, recurving profile; medium foot ring. Interior: pair of lovers wearing patterned textiles, surrounded by entwined and encircling çintamani (three-dots); band of "tall-on-short" psuedo-calligraphy below the rim, all applied with dark brown that turns black when the vessel is coated in a turquoise-tinted glaze and fired. Exterior: inscription band in reserve under the rim, five inscriptions alternating with five cartouches with facing birds; double ring (outer: scalloped) above foot ring
Provenance1965, purchased by the MFA from Nasli Heeramanek, New York. (Accession Date: October 18, 1965)