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Cup with Lobed Rim and Human Faces
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This cup is decorated with repeated human heads molded in relief. The lobed rim follows the contours of the projecting heads, which feature large, almond-eyed faces.The deep blue glaze covers the interior and exterior body of the cup and has flowed onto the base. On one side, it has deteriorated, becoming iridescent.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
[Mansour Gallery London before 1978] sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont MA (by 1978-2002) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2002.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Title: Cup with Lobed Rim and Human Faces
Description:
This cup is decorated with repeated human heads molded in relief.
The lobed rim follows the contours of the projecting heads, which feature large, almond-eyed faces.
The deep blue glaze covers the interior and exterior body of the cup and has flowed onto the base.
On one side, it has deteriorated, becoming iridescent.
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