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    • Bowl, 9th century; cAbbasid
    Iraq
    Earthenware, tin-glazed and stained

    H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Diam. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
    Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1963 (63.159.4)

    This ceramic bowl is one of the earliest examples to incorporate calligraphy as the main element of decoration. The Arabic word ghibta (happiness) is repeated in the center and creates a balanced composition when combined with the half-circles decorating the rim.

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  • Grube, Ernst J. "The Art of Islamic Pottery." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 23, no. 6 (February, 1965).
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  • Bowl, 9th century; cAbbasid
    Iraq
    Earthenware, tin-glazed and stained

    H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Diam. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
    Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1963 (63.159.4)