Footed Bowl
Unknown Artist
late 1100s–early 1200s
Medium
fritware, pierced and underglaze painting
Dimensions
9.8 × 18.2 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Accession Number
1915.581
About this artwork
Iranian potters created transparency by piercing and glazing frit-body walls. Here, triangles and rosettes decorate incised scallops beneath the blue rim. The footed shape is derived from Iranian metal bowls.