Footed Bowl
1175–1225
- Medium
- fritware, pierced and underglaze painting
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.8 x 18.2 cm (3 7/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Iran, probably Kashan, Seljuq period, late 12-early 13th century
About
Iranian potters created transparency by piercing and glazing frit-body walls. Here, triangles and rosettes decorate incised scallops beneath the blue rim. The footed shape is derived from Iranian metal bowls.