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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Iranian
Title:	Bowl with Two Seated Figures
Date Made:	first half of the 13th century
Type:	Decorative Art
Materials:	Stonepaste with luster paint on opaque monochrome glaze
Place Made:	Iran; possibly Kashan
Measurements:	Overall: 2 3/4 x 11 1/2 in; 7 x 29.2 cm
Accession Number:	SC 2016.29.51
Credit Line:	Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950
Museum Collection:	Smith College Museum of Art

Description:
Ceramic dish with image of seated couple at center. Abstract design between bands of Naskh script. Cross-legged seated couple at center of dish, both with halo around head. Instrument or drinking vessel between them. Painted gold luster on white glazed background.

Subjects:
glaze (coating by location)

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