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Bowl
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This fritware bowl has wide flaring sides and a high foot. The decoration on the inside consists of a four-lobed device at center, surrounded by two circles. The inside walls carry a three-part design, with three oval motifs alternating with three squarish panels. Each panel contains an Arabic word.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBowl, early 1200s. Syria (Raqqa), Ayyubid Period. Fritware with underglaze-painted design; diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.639
