Bowl with an Arabic Inscription Reading “God is Perfect” Artist: Unknown

10th century C.E.

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

The inscription on the inside of this bowl states, “God is perfect.”

Medium

Earthenware painted on white slip under clear glaze

Dimensions

2 3/16 × 4 7/16 in. (5.6 × 11.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Fred Olsen

Accession Number

1954.53.14

Culture
Period

Samanid dynasty (819–999 C.E.)

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), Guilford, Conn.; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1954
Bibliography
  • James Prosek and Edith Devaney, James Prosek: Art, Artifact, Artifice, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2020), 46, 153, pl. 30.
  • Kishwar Rizvi, "Islamic Art at the Yale University Art Gallery," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018): 98, fig. 6.
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Additional information

Object/Work type

bowls (vessels)

Inscriptions

"Subhanallah" in Arabic. سبحان الله‎‎ \r\nGlory be to God or God is Perfect

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