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Asian Art
Public domain

Bowl with Inscription Reading “Glory and Happiness”

early 13th century

Stonepaste painted in black under turquoise glaze (Raqqa ware)

2 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (6.99 × 26.35 cm)
Gift of David M. Levitt
1958.63.4
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Syrian, Islamic
Period: 
Ayyubid period (ca. 1171–1260)
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Parish-Watson Collection No. 9, Fig 30; David M. Levitt Collection V.26; New York, NY; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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