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| Object Number: | NEP103 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Arabic |
| Provenience: | Iran |
| Date Made: | 1100-1299 AD |
| Early Date: | 1100 |
| Late Date: | 1299 |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Paste |
| Technique: | Glazed |
| Iconography: | Arabic Inscription |
| Inscription Language: | Cufic |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1915 |
| Other Number: | Getz 311 - Other Number |
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:
| Islamic Gallery (1977 - 04 Apr 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Exhibition of Mohammedan Art (15 May 1918 - 31 Aug 1918) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Negahban, Ezatollah O. 1989. "Persian Caligraphy: the Development of an Art Form". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 31. no. 1. pg. 26-39 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 28 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Gordon, George B., and Bishop, Carl W. 1918. The University Museum Section of Oriental Art.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 311 | View Objects related to this |
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