Jug
NEP103
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Iran
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | NEP103 |
Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Arabic |
Provenience | Iran |
Date Made | 1100-1299 CE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Glazed |
Iconography | Arabic Inscription |
Inscription Language | Cufic |
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." |
Height | 17 cm |
Outside Diameter | 15 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1915 |
Other Number | Getz 311 - Other Number |
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