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Seljuk or Khwarizmian Bowl with Horse-archer, Rayy, Iran, 13th century
Toledo Museum of Art 1941.20.
Bowl
DATE: 13th century
DIMENSIONS: H: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm); Rim Diam: 8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm).
MEDIUM: Glazed earthenware with enamel decoration.
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Rayy, Persia
CLASSIFICATION: Ceramics
CREDIT LINE: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
OBJECT NUMBER: 1941.20
DESCRIPTION: A thinly potted bowl with a gently flaring foot. Decorated in haft rang, seven-color polychrome technique. Decorated on the interior with a mounted bowman slaying a dragon. The archer's brown steed floats amid floral arabesques in low relief with traces of gold. Around the interior of the rim, a Kufic inscription in gold on a dark blue band. The exterior is covered by interlocking lozenges drawn in light blue.
Source: Toledo Museum of Art
