Lusterware Bowl

Description In Arab countries and Muslim realms in the Mediterranean region, artistic innovation flourished in the 9th-14th centuries. Lusterware was among the most original development of Arab potters, who mixed silver sulfides and copper oxides to create a shiny, metallic sheen on the surface of glazed earthenware vessels, such as this bowl.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Treatment	other
10/01/1951	Treatment	repaired
1/01/1982	Treatment	repaired
7/07/1982	Treatment	cleaned
9/27/1982	Treatment	stabilized; cleaned; loss compensation; reconstructed
9/06/2001	Treatment	coated; loss compensation; repaired
9/07/2001	Treatment	loss compensation

Provenance Estate of D.G. Kelekian; Walters Art Museum, 1951, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1951