Bowl with phoenix motif
Place of Originprobably Kashan, Iran
Dateapprox. 1300-1350
PeriodIlkhanid (Mongol) period (1256-1353)
MaterialsComposite-body ceramic (fritware) with slip decoration under glaze (Sultanabad ware)
DimensionsH. 4 1/2 in x Diam. 9 1/2 in, H. 11.4 cm x Diam. 24.1 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60P1841
DepartmentWest Asian Art
ClassificationsCeramics
On View
On viewLocationGallery 7
More InformationThis bowl may have been an attempt by Persian artists to copy Chinese celadon wares. Celadon ceramics employed a characteristic translucent gray-green glaze, and today the word “celadon” is used to describe objects having this color. The birds on this bowl are a synthesis of the Chinese phoenix with a Persian mythical bird, the simurgh.
Subject
- phoenix
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