Waster of Three Bowls Attached Together
Not on view
This object was found in 1937 at a kiln on the "New Road to the west of the city" of Nishapur. It is composed of fragments of three bowls adhered together during firing, resulting in a waster that was unlikely to be sold at the market but that could have an alternative use at the ceramic workshop. The shape of the bowls and their green glazed decoration, with yellow stripes, point to a date in the early modern period. While this may be slight evidence of the continuity in the urban life of Nishapur well after the arrival of the Mongols in the 13th century, recent surveys by Iranian archaeologists have documented many traces of the multi-period occupation of the area.
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