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Large Jar

dated 681 AH/1282–83 CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455
Alighting birds and leaping quadrupeds in leafy foliage decorate the upper portion of this large, deep‑blue glazed jar. Scholars have likened these motifs to similar designs on Chinese silk tapestries, which were widely traded along the Silk Road between China and Iran at the time that this jar was made. The verses on this dated vessel suggest that it may have held wine or another type of beverage. They read: "Tumultuous air and boiling earth; Joyous is he whose heart is happy. Drink!"

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Large Jar
  • Date: dated 681 AH/1282–83 CE
  • Geography: Made in Iran
  • Medium: Stonepaste; monochrome glazed, modeled
  • Dimensions: H. 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
    Diam. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.185.3
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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