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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Iranian, Kashan
Title:Blue luster dish with harpy
Date Made:ca. 1200
Type:Decorative Art
Materials:Fritware, blue underglaze (probably cobalt) and brown luster
Measurements:Overall: 2 3/8 x 10 7/16 in; 6 x 26.5 cm
Accession Number:  SC 2016.29.30
Credit Line:Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Shallow blue dish with base. Dish's shape is slightly warped and asymmetrical. Depicts a harpy--a bird with a human head--at center. Abstract patterns encircle the edge of the bowl. Harpy painted in brown luster, turned somewhat green over time. Has been touched up in recent past. Bowl's exterior is also blue, features repeated illegible fake script around side. Signature near base of the bowl written in black.

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