Harvard Art Museums > 2002.50.90: Fragmentary Bowl Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragmentary Bowl (Unknown Artist) , 2002.50.90,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 27, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/160271. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2002.50.90 People Unknown Artist Title Fragmentary Bowl Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 10th century Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran or Central Asia Period Samanid period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/160271 Physical Descriptions Medium Reddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with red (iron) and black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze. Technique Underglazed, painted Dimensions 7.2 x 23.4 cm (2 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Mansour Gallery, London, 1974], sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (1974-2002), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2002. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art Accession Year 2002 Object Number 2002.50.90 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This bowl is a modern pastiche, pieced together from fragments of eleven different vessels, all probably dating to the Samanid period. The reconstruction has given the bowl an uncharacteristically squat profile. The inscription, recomposed from a hodgepodge of fragments, is indecipherable. Heavy overpainting that formerly disguised the joins between unrelated fragments has been removed. Published Catalogue Text: In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art , written 2013134 Fragmentary bowl Modern assemblage from fragments attributed to eastern Iran or Central Asia, Samanid period, 10th century Reddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with red (iron) and black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze 7.2 × 23.4 cm (2 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.) 2002.50.90 This bowl is a modern pastiche, pieced together from fragments of eleven different vessels, all probably dating to the Samanid period.[1] The reconstruction has given the bowl an uncharacteristically squat profile. The inscription, recomposed from a hodgepodge of fragments, is indecipherable. Heavy overpainting that formerly disguised the joins between unrelated fragments has been removed. Mary McWilliams [1] See, in this catalogue, the essay by Anthony B. Sigel, “History in Pieces: Conservation Issues in Islamic Ceramics,” 37–49. Publication History Mary McWilliams, ed., In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2013), p. 41, ill.; p. 265, cat. 134, ill. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
