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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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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