Bowl with Palmettes and Rosettes
| Artist | |
| Name | Unknown |
| Basic Info | |
| Created in | Middle East, Iran or Central Asia |
| Century | 10th-11th century |
| Dimensions | 9.6 x 27.3 cm (3 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.) |
| Harvard Museum | |
| Department | Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art |
| Division | Asian and Mediterranean Art |
| Contact | am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu |
Context
132 Bowl with palmettes and rosettes Eastern Iran or Central Asia, 10th–11th century Reddish earthenware covered in whitish slip and painted in red (iron), black (manganese and iron), and green (chromium) under clear lead glaze 9.6 × 27.3 cm (3 3/4 × 10 3/4 in.) 2002.50.46 In profile, this bowl has straight, flaring sides and a low foot ring. The reddish ceramic fabric is completely covered in whitish slip, and the decoration is painted in red, purplish black, and olive green. Except for the inner surface of the foot ring, the vessel is covered in a clear glaze, sections of which have turned iridescent. The bowl has been reassembled from numerous fragments, most of which appear to belong to a single vessel; in the two areas decorated with small palmettes, however, alien fragments have been introduced. Overpainting that formerly disguised the joins between unrelated fragments has been removed. Mary McWilliams
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art