Bowl with an Equestrian and Four Pairs of Seated Figures Maker: Unknown

late 12th–early 13th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Stonepaste with pigment and enamels on an opaque white glaze (Minai ware)

Dimensions

2 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (7.5 × 20.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Wilson P. Foss, Jr., Ph.B. 1913

Accession Number

1952.51.8

Geography

Iran

Culture

Iranian/Persian, Islamic

Period

Seljuk period (1037–1194), Mongol control (1221 - 1256)

Classification

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Provenance
Wilson Perkins Foss, Jr. (1890–1957), New York (bears numbered label, #W 1388); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1952
Bibliography
  • Kishwar Rizvi, "Islamic Art at the Yale University Art Gallery," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 99, fig. 9
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

bowls (vessels)

Inscriptions

Exterior inscription: "May enduring glory, increasing prosperity, perpetual magnificence and great power be to the owner of this vessel, with happiness, success, good fortune, and safety."

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