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Bowl with Black Foliate Arabesque and Pseudo-Inscription
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At the center of this bowl, a freely painted, leafy arabesque grows out of a six-lobed core. Around the walls a rhythmic pseudo-epigraphic band radiates upward, and triangular dabs of black ring the rim. On the exterior, willow-reed motifs alternate with pairs of tapering, vertical stripes. At some point in the past, this bowl was reassembled from fragments and overpainted to integrate the plaster fills. The turquoise glaze covers the interior and exterior, stopping well short of the foot ring, which has an unusual taper.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont MA (by 1974-2002) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2002.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Title: Bowl with Black Foliate Arabesque and Pseudo-Inscription
Description:
At the center of this bowl, a freely painted, leafy arabesque grows out of a six-lobed core.
Around the walls a rhythmic pseudo-epigraphic band radiates upward, and triangular dabs of black ring the rim.
On the exterior, willow-reed motifs alternate with pairs of tapering, vertical stripes.
At some point in the past, this bowl was reassembled from fragments and overpainted to integrate the plaster fills.
The turquoise glaze covers the interior and exterior, stopping well short of the foot ring, which has an unusual taper.
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