Bowl with Calligraphy and Birds Maker: Unknown

11–12th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Stonewpast with turquoise and blue under white glaze

Dimensions

3 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 20 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of David M. Levitt

Accession Number

1958.63.21

Geography

Iran

Culture

Iranian/Persian, Islamic

Period

Seljuk period (1037–1194)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Levitt Collection #V163 (former loan #25.1957); Parish-Watson collection (1931 and 1940 lender); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1958
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

bowls (vessels)

Inscriptions

Sufi saying. "Abode of the People of Heaven...." on the outer edge in Persian.\r\nمسکن اھل جنھ\r\nmaskan-i ahl-i janna\r\n

Signed

n.s.

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