Bowl with Flying Bird Design

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455

A group of ceramics produced in fourteenth-century Iran has traditionally been associated with the city of Sultanabad, where many examples were found. These so-called Sultanabad wares, however, comprise many differing types – and thus far no kilns have been found at the site. Nearly hemispherical in form, this thin-walled stonepaste Sultanabad bowl stands on a low foot and is decorated with a cobalt blue bird in flight. A multi-tiered border frames the bird, and the bowl’s exterior is decorated with abstracted lotus petals in a design borrowed from Chinese ceramics.

Bowl with Flying Bird Design, Stonepaste; blue, black, and turquoise painted under transparent glaze(Sultanabad ware)

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Bowl with Flying Bird Design, Stonepaste; blue, black, and turquoise painted under transparent glaze(Sultanabad ware)
Bowl with Flying Bird Design, Stonepaste; blue, black, and turquoise painted under transparent glaze(Sultanabad ware)
Bowl with Flying Bird Design, Stonepaste; blue, black, and turquoise painted under transparent glaze(Sultanabad ware)

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