Bowl depicting Faridun, Kava, and Zahhak in an episode from Firdawsi’s Shahnameh

late 12th–early 13th century

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

Medium: Stonepaste with pigment and enamels on an opaque white glaze (Minai ware)
Dimensions: 3 3/8 × 8 7/16 in. (8.5 × 21.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Wilson P. Foss, Jr., Ph.B. 1913
Accession Number: 1953.24.8
Geography: Kashan, Iran
Culture: Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: Seljuk period (1037–1194), Mongol control (1221 - 1256)
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Parish Watson Collection; Wilson P. Foss Jr (1890–1957) #W752 (bears label); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1953

Bibliography

Kishwar Rizvi, "Islamic Art at the Yale University Art Gallery," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 98, fig. 7

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

bowls (vessels), histories (visual works)

poetry

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