Bowl
Unknown Artist
12th–13th century
Medium
Stonepaste; underglaze painted
Dimensions
H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Diam. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Classification
Ceramics
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1941
Accession Number
41.165.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate stonepaste bowl, crafted by an unknown artist in the12th–13th, exemplifies the exquisite ceramics of the Islamic world, likely from regions like Iran or Syria during the Seljuk era. Measuring just 2½ inches high and 5⅜ inches in diameter, its modest size belies its artistic ambition, serving as both a functional vessel and a canvas for storytelling. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Art Department (gift of the H.O. Havemeyer Collection, 1), it invites visitors to marvel at the ingenuity of medieval potters who transformed everyday objects into treasures. The bowl's medi...