<em>Bowl Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada</em>, late 12th–early 13th century. Ceramic, mina'i (enameled) or haft rangi (seven colors) ware; fritware, in-glaze painted in blue, green, and brown on an opaque white glaze, overglaze painted in black, height x diameter: 4 x 8 5/16 in. (10.2 x 21.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.11. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.11_PS11.jpg)

Bowl Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada, late 12th–early 13th century. Ceramic, mina'i (enameled) or haft rangi (seven colors) ware; fritware, in-glaze painted in blue, green, and brown on an opaque white glaze, overglaze painted in black, height x diameter: 4 x 8 5/16 in. (10.2 x 21.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.11. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.11_PS11.jpg)

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Bowl Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada

Arts of the Islamic World

On View: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor

MEDIUM Ceramic, mina'i (enameled) or haft rangi (seven colors) ware; fritware, in-glaze painted in blue, green, and brown on an opaque white glaze, overglaze painted in black

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS

Place made: Iran
Possible place made: Kashan, Iran

DATES late 12th–early 13th century

DYNASTY Seljuq Dynasty

PERIOD Seljuq Period

DIMENSIONS height x diameter: 4 x 8 5/16 in. (10.2 x 21.1 cm) thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm) mount (m3): 6 × 8 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (15.2 × 21.6 × 19.1 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World

ACCESSION NUMBER 86.227.11

CREDIT LINE Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

PROVENANCE Prior to 1938, provenance not yet documented; by 1938, acquired by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes (Mrs. Christian R. Holmes) of Sands Point, NY; 1941, transferred by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes to Holmes Foundation, Inc.; April 18, 1942, sold at Sotheby's New York, NY, "Art Collection of the Late Mrs. Christian R. Holmes" lot 708; between 1942 and 1958, provenance not yet documented; by 1958, acquired by Ernest Erickson of New York; December 16, 1986, gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc. to the Brooklyn Museum.

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Arts of the Islamic World

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor

CAPTION Bowl Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada, late 12th–early 13th century. Ceramic, mina'i (enameled) or haft rangi (seven colors) ware; fritware, in-glaze painted in blue, green, and brown on an opaque white glaze, overglaze painted in black, height x diameter: 4 x 8 5/16 in. (10.2 x 21.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.11. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.11_PS11.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 86.227.11_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022

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