Mina'i Bowl with Abstract Pattern

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 453

Some objects glazed with the mina'i technique bear nonfigural decoration. The design on this bowl consists entirely of an abstract repeat pattern. Because of the painterly quality with which it is executed, this pattern looks something like mosaic glass. On the exterior, an inscription in Arabic bears good wishes to its owner.

Mina'i Bowl with Abstract Pattern, Stonepaste; polychrome inglaze and overglaze painted on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i)

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