Bowl

Date:: probably 8th–12th century

Geography:: Found Iran, Nishapur

Medium:: Earthenware; white slip, incised and splashed with polychrome glazes under transparent glaze (sgraffito ware)

Classification:: Ceramics

Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1940

Accession Number:: 40.170.295

Not on view

1939, excavated in Nishapur, Iran by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's expedition; 1940, acquired by the Museum in the division of finds

Wilkinson, Charles K. Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973. no. 67a,b, ch. 2, pp. 69, 88, p. 88 (b/w).

Timelines
Iran, 1000-1400 A.D.
Iran, 500-1000 A.D.

Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period

Department

Islamic Art (15,055)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Bowl with Arabic Inscription

Artist: Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 65.106.2 Date: 10th century Medium: Earthenware; white slip with black-slip decoration under transparent glaze Accession: 65.106.2 On view in:Gallery 450

Bowl with Red and Black Vegetal Motifs

Artist: Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 1970.21 Date: 10th century Medium: Earthenware; white slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze Accession: 1970.21 On view in:Gallery 453

Bowl with Inscription, "Sovereignty is God's"

Artist: Date: late 9th–early 10th century
Accession Number: 38.40.118 Date: late 9th–early 10th century Medium: Earthenware; white slip with black slip decoration under transparent glaze Accession: 38.40.118 On view in:Not on view

Ewer with Arabic proverb, "Devotion fortifies action"

Artist: Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 1988.114.3 Date: 10th century Medium: Earthenware; white slip with black slip decoration under transparent glaze Accession: 1988.114.3 On view in:Gallery 453

Bowl with Pseudo-inscriptional Design

Artist: Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 54.141 Date: 10th century Medium: Earthenware; white slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze Accession: 54.141 On view in:Gallery 453