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<em>Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription</em>, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_overall01_PS22.jpg)
Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_overall01_PS22.jpg)
<em>Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription</em>, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_overall01_PS22.jpg)

Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_overall01_PS22.jpg)

<em>Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription</em>, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_overall02_PS22.jpg)

Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_overall02_PS22.jpg)

<em>Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription</em>, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_interior_PS22.jpg)

Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_interior_PS22.jpg)

<em>Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription</em>, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_bottom_PS22.jpg)

Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_bottom_PS22.jpg)

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Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription

Arts of the Islamic World

MEDIUM Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze.
  • Place Made: Iraq
    • DATES 9th century
    DYNASTY Abbasid
    PERIOD Abbasid Period
    DIMENSIONS height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World
    ACCESSION NUMBER 74.195
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Ernest Erickson
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_overall01_PS22.jpg)
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    <em>Blue and White Bowl with Kufic Inscription</em>, 9th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze., height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 74.195. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.195_overall01_PS22.jpg)

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    Islamic
    bowl
    inscription
    clay
    pottery
    Silk Road
    Silk route

    TAGS

    Islamic
    bowl
    inscription
    clay
    pottery
    Silk Road
    Silk route

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