Accession Number
1957/1.64

Title
Conical Bowl with simple blue stripe design

Artist(s)
Iranian

Artist Nationality
Iranian

Object Creation Date
12th century

Medium & Support
fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with blue underglaze painting

Dimensions
3 1/8 in. x 7 1/16 in. x 7 1/16 in. ( 8 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm )

Credit Line
Museum purchase

Label copy
Cobalt, an ore often found in combination with iron, copper, or nickel, was known to the Mediterranean world and ancient Iranians as a colorant for glass, producing a deep blue color. Cobalt is abundant in Iran and Central Asia, and potters there began experimenting with blue glazes at a very early stage.

Subject matter
Cobalt, an ore often found in combination with iron, copper, or nickel, was known to the Mediterranean world and ancient Iranians as a colorant for glass, producing a deep blue color. Cobalt is abundant in Iran and Central Asia, and potters there began experimenting with blue glazes at a very early stage.

Physical Description
This Kashan style bowl comes from the Seljuk period in Iran. The bowl features a simplified  design of thin cobalt blue stripes that radiate from the interior foot to the rim. The overall bowl is done on a tan ground with a slightly green coloring. The bowl is either late 12th or early 13th century Seljuk pottery.
 

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bowl

Collection Area
Western

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Keywords
Iranian Islamic pottery styles after the Mongols
Islamic (culture or style)
Kashan
Seljuk pottery styles
bowls (vessels)
ceramics (object genre)