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Bowl with Enthroned Ruler and Courtiers

An enthroned ruler with attendants occupies the center of this bowl. Pairs of birds are positioned above and below the group. On the walls of the vessel, encircling the central scene, are seated figures, also in pairs (the single individual results from a modern repair with an alien sherd). The interior rim of the bowl is decorated with a repeating pseudo-inscription in Kufic script, and the plain white walls of the exterior with a cursive inscription, large portions of which are overpainted restoration. The bowl has been assembled from several fragments, with painted plaster used to fill in the losses.

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art [Hadji Baba Rabbi House of Antiquities Teheran 1974] sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont MA (1974-2002) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2002. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art

late 12th-early 13th century 12th-13th century Seljuk-Atabeg period 12 13

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Title: Bowl with Enthroned Ruler and Courtiers

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An enthroned ruler with attendants occupies the center of this bowl.

Pairs of birds are positioned above and below the group.

On the walls of the vessel, encircling the central scene, are seated figures, also in pairs (the single individual results from a modern repair with an alien sherd).

The interior rim of the bowl is decorated with a repeating pseudo-inscription in Kufic script, and the plain white walls of the exterior with a cursive inscription, large portions of which are overpainted restoration.

The bowl has been assembled from several fragments, with painted plaster used to fill in the losses.

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