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| Object Number: | NEP103 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Culture: | Arabic |
| Provenience: | Iran Rayy |
| Date Made: | 1100-1299 AD |
| Early Date: | 1100 |
| Late Date: | 1299 |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Paste |
| Technique: | Glazed |
| Iconography: | Arabic Inscription |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1915 |
Description
Buff paste, deep olive green border and Cufic inscription. 12th-13th century. Martinovitch notes: Arabic inscription written in Kufic. Good wishes to the owner. "Wealth and happiness, and prosperity, and triumph, and power, and resignation (to the divine will)."
"Decorated in black slip under transparent glaze. inscription written in Kufic script contains a standard message of good wishes to the owner."
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Exhibition of Mohammedan Art (15 May 1918 - 31 Aug 1918) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Islamic Gallery (1977) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Negahban, Ezat O. 1989. "Persian Caligraphy: the Development of an Art Form". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 31 (1): 26-39. : Page/Fig./Plate: 28 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Catalogue] Bishop, Charles W. & Gordon, George B. 1918. The University Museum Section of Oriental Art. | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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