Harvard Art Museums > 2002.50.75: Fragmentary Bowl with Seated Figure Surrounded by Inscriptions 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 with Seated Figure Surrounded by Inscriptions , 2002.50.75,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/165531. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2002.50.75 Title Fragmentary Bowl with Seated Figure Surrounded by Inscriptions Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 12th-13th century Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Kashan Period Seljuk-Atabeg period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/165531 Physical Descriptions Medium Fritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin Technique Lusterware Dimensions 9.7 x 22.3 cm (3 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (by 1973-2002), 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 2002.50.75 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 an ingeniously constructed pastiche that has been skillfully put together from fragments of six different vessels. Published Catalogue Text: In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art , written 2013135 Fragmentary bowl with seated figure surrounded by inscriptions Modern assemblage from fragments attributed to Iran, Kashan, Seljuk-Atabeg period, 12th–13th century Fritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin 9.7 × 22.3 cm (3 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.) 2002.50.75 This bowl is an ingeniously constructed pastiche that has been skillfully put together from fragments of five different vessels.[1] Mary McWilliams [1] For further explication of the process, see, in this catalogue, the essay by Anthony B. Sigel, “History in Pieces: Conservation Issues in Islamic Ceramics,” 37–49 and figs. 2–3. Publication History Holly Salmon, "A Comparative Analysis of Lusterware from the Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, June 2003), Unpublished, pp. 1-54 passim Mary McWilliams, ed., In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2013), pp. 40-41, 135, ill.; p 265, cat. 135, 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
