Bowl with Red and Black Vegetal Motifs

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 453

Excavations at Nishapur and Samarqand produced a wide range of ceramic finds; among these was a group of earthenware vessels covered in white and polychrome slip. This shallow bowl is decorated with two symmetrically-arranged designs of red and brown slip that are joined by a trail of dots. Because of close ties between Nishapur and Samarqand during the Samanid period, scholars have been unable to identify the precise origin of this bowl.

Bowl with Red and Black Vegetal Motifs, Earthenware; white slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze

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