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Asian Art
Public domain

Bowl with Nine Figures

late 12th–13th century

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

3 9/16 × 8 1/8 in. (9.1 × 20.6 cm)
Gift of Wilson P. Foss, Jr., Ph.B. 1913
1953.24.1
Geography: 
Made in Iran
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: 
Seljuk period (1037–1194), Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Parish Watson Collection No. 25, Fig 49; Wilson P. Foss

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