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Bowl with Flying Birds
The collection record classifies this work as ceramic. It is dated 1280–1400. Recorded culture or place: Iran, probably Kashan, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353).
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- Museum title
- Bowl with Flying Birds
- Date
- 1280–1400
- Culture / origin
- Iran, probably Kashan, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)
- Materials and technique
- Fritware with underglaze-painted design, Sultanabad ware
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.2 x 22 cm (4 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1915.589
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
During the Ilkhanid period, decorative motifs from China were adopted into Persian art, including dragons, phoenixes, and lotus blossoms, which are seen on this bowl. Lotus blossoms were easily integrated into the existing tradition of floral and vegetal elements in Islamic art, while the phoenix was equated with the simurgh, a mythical bird known from the epic Persian poem the Shahnameh, or Book of Kings. The white slip designs on a gray background are typical of these wares, while the flat rim is influenced by Chinese vessels. This type of pottery was widely exported, and possibly imitated, as it has been found in excavations from Central Asia to Egypt.
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