Bowl with Birds Maker: Unknown

12th–13th century

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

Decorated with an interlaced design and a heraldic depiction of birds, this bowl belongs to a type known as Garrus ware. Named for a district southwest of the Caspian Sea where some of the first examples were found, Garrus vessels were made by covering the clay body with a slip (a cream-colored mixture of clay), then carving the designs, darkening them, and finally, applying a transparent glaze.

Medium

Earthenware with carved black decoration under green glaze (Garrus ware)

Dimensions

3 × 7 5/8 in. (7.62 × 19.37 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1951.51.66

Geography

Iran

Culture

Iranian, Persian, Islamic

Period

Seljuk period (1037–1194), Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Parish-Watson Co., New York, purchase Feb. 1, 1926; Asia Institute, New York ; Mrs. William H. Moore (Ada Small Moore) (1858–1955) New York #211; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.,1951
Bibliography
  • Phyllis Ackerman, Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art, 2, exh. cat. (New York: The Iranian Institue, 1940), 161, no. 18C
  • Royal Academy of Arts, Persian Art: An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Persian Art at Burlington House, London, 1931, exh. cat. (London: Hudson & Kearns ltd., 1931), 73, no. 114A, label US 524
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

bowls (vessels)

Inscriptions

n.s.

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