Imitation Green-Splashed Samarra Ware

9th–10th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 453

This bowl, with its opaque white ground, splashes of green glaze, and radial inscription, imitates a type of bowl made in Basra, Iraq, that was in turn based on Chinese prototypes. The inscription on this bowl, written with a purplish-black glaze rather than the cobalt blue used on Iraqi ceramics, identifies it as a Nishapur product.

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Provenance

Title: Imitation Green-Splashed Samarra Ware
Date: 9th–10th century
Geography: Excavated in Iran, Nishapur
Medium: Earthenware; painted in black with splashes of green on opaque white (tin) glaze
Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in (6.3 cm)
Diam. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1939
Object Number: 39.40.10
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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