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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Eastern Iran
Title:	Seljuk conical bowl segments with vegetal designs alternated with inscriptions
Date Made:	circa 12th century to early 13th century
Type:	Decorative Art
Materials:	Fritware, painted with carved slip under a transparent glaze
Measurements:	Overall: 5 1/2 x 8 in; 14 x 20.3 cm
Accession Number:	SC 2016.29.26
Credit Line:	Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950
Museum Collection:	Smith College Museum of Art

Description:
Ceramic stoneware bowl with painted designs in brown, finished with transparent glaze. Text inscribed against plain background that alternates with vegetal design of bulbous leaves against brown background. Eight of these alternating segments extend from the center of the bowl.

Subjects:
glaze (coating by location)

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