Bowl with Splash Motif
Arts of the Islamic World
Within one hundred fifty years of the cAbbasid Dynasty's conquest of Iran, semiautonomous dynasties had consolidated their power on the fringes of the empire. One such dynasty, the Samanids, gained ascendancy in Uzbekistan and Turkestan in the ninth century, spreading their influence to Khurasan in the tenth century. Excavations at Nishapur in Khurasan and Afrasiyab near Samarkand in Uzbekistan have unearthed a range of highly distinctive ceramics. This splash-sgraffiato ware bowl probably derives from similar wares made at the cAbbasid capitals of Baghdad and Samarra.
MEDIUM
Ceramic; earthenware, painted in splashes of black, brown, green, and yellow pigments on an incised white slip ground under a transparent glaze
DATES
10th century
DYNASTY
Samanid
PERIOD
Samanid Period
DIMENSIONS
2 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (7 x 25 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER
72.86.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Alastair B. Martin
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Bowl with Splash Motif, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in splashes of black, brown, green, and yellow pigments on an incised white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 2 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (7 x 25 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alastair B. Martin, 72.86.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.72.86.2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.72.86.2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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