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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
G.280
Description
Bowl. With a ceramic stone-paste body decorated with a black and white slip design featuring two phoenixes amongst foliage.
Cultures/periods
Islamic
Production date
14thC
Production place
Made in:
Iran
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Iran
Materials
pottery
Ware
Sultanabad-type Ware
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
7.50 centimetres
(base)
Diameter:
18.60 centimetres
(rim)
Height:
9.50 centimetres
Curator's comments
Ceramic bowl with phoenixes Iran, 14th century So-called ‘Sultanabad ware’ made of a stone-paste ceramic body and decorated with a black and white slip-painted design of two phoenixes amongst foliage. Godman Bequest, G.280 Further reading: Priscilla Soucek, "Ceramic Production as Exemplar of Yuan-Ilkhanid Relations." RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics 35 (1999): 125-41.
Bibliographic references
Akbarnia et al 2018 / The Islamic World: a History in Objects
(p.141, fig.3)
Location
On display
(G42/dc6)
Subjects
bird
phoenix
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Miss Edith Godman
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Frederick Du Cane Godman
Acquisition date
1983
Department
Middle East
Registration number
G.280
Conservation
Treatment
: 8 Jan 2018