Bowl with Griffin
1100s
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Bowl with Griffin, 1100s. Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century. Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration; overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1182
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
- Medium
- earthenware, underglaze, slip-painted, decoration
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Arabic letters in floriated Kufic on griffon's hip (ta or sad?) and above his back (kaf?).
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1925.1182
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition of Persian Art, International Exhibition of Persian Art, Persian Art, 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Exhibition of Persian Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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