Caption

Bowl, Islamic art, Persian culture, ceramics, Persian ceramics, inscriptions, geometric motifs, 12th–13th century, Afghanistan; Iran place of origin, vessel, weight 0.344 kg, height 8.2 cm, diameter 19.5 cm, A circular ceramic plate viewed from above with a vivid turquoise blue glaze, showing a central floral motif with petal shapes and a few small worn spots revealing a tan underlayer, surrounded by a ring of flowing abstract curvilinear patterns outlined in darker blue or black, with additional fine hatch marks and line work within the decorative bands; the rim shows areas of darker greenish and brown discoloration and minor roughness, and the background behind the plate is a uniform medium gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_074

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.1Mb (1.1Mb) / 11.3in x 11.3in / 3403 x 3403 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Islamic art Persian culture ceramics Persian ceramics inscriptions geometric motifs 12th–13th century Afghanistan Iran place origin vessel weight 0.344 kg height 8.2 cm diameter 19.5 cm circular ceramic plate viewed vivid turquoise blue glaze showing central floral motif petal shapes small worn spots revealing tan underlayer surrounded ring flowing abstract curvilinear patterns outlined darker blue black additional fine hatch marks line work within decorative bands rim areas darker greenish brown discoloration minor roughness background plate uniform medium gray.