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Bowl
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About this work
The red earthenware body of this bowl is covered with buff slip, excluding the foot ring. A stylized bird, ornamental motifs, and border designs were done in purplish-brown, red, green, and yellow under a colorless clear glaze.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBowl, 900s. Iran, Nishapur, Samanid Period, 10th Century. Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration; overall: 11.5 x 28 cm (4 1/2 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1956.225
