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Bowl with Radial Foliate Design
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The interior of this bowl is divided into eight equal sections by lines, embellished with dots and twining tendrils, that spring from triangular arabesques and terminate with pairs of small, silhouetted birds toward the rim. Each section contains a palmette-filled pendant. Around the rim runs an angular pseudo-inscription. Paired lines divide the exterior of the bowl into sections, which are filled with loosely painted scrolls. The twining tendrils and the palmette-enclosing pendants on the interior of this bowl are very common in Persian lusterwares.
The bowl is intact, and the quality of its luster is remarkable. The white glaze does not cover the foot, which the potter would have held when dipping the vessel into the glazing compound before firing.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
[Hadji Baba Rabbi House of Antiquities Teheran 1972] sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont Massachusetts (1972-2002) gift; to the Harvard Art Museums 2002.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Title: Bowl with Radial Foliate Design
Description:
The interior of this bowl is divided into eight equal sections by lines, embellished with dots and twining tendrils, that spring from triangular arabesques and terminate with pairs of small, silhouetted birds toward the rim.
Each section contains a palmette-filled pendant.
Around the rim runs an angular pseudo-inscription.
Paired lines divide the exterior of the bowl into sections, which are filled with loosely painted scrolls.
The twining tendrils and the palmette-enclosing pendants on the interior of this bowl are very common in Persian lusterwares.
The bowl is intact, and the quality of its luster is remarkable.
The white glaze does not cover the foot, which the potter would have held when dipping the vessel into the glazing compound before firing.
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