Bowl with Floral Motifs
Mina’i is a modern collectors’ term for ceramics made in Iran during the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The term mina’i, translates as “enamelled” in Persian, designating the colored glass pigments used to paint detailed figural decoration on vessels or tiles, which were then fixed on the ceramic base by multiple firings. The use of a wide range of colors, including turquoise, red, green, purple, and black, also led these types of ceramics to be called by the Persian term “haft rang,” or “seven colors.”
A central octagon with bands of white extending out of it marks the center of the bowl, and between each ray are stylized floral motifs in alternating turquoise and blue. The vines and floral motifs are highlighted with gilding, and the exterior body of the bowl features a faint naskhi inscription.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 3 9/16 x 8 7/16 in. (9.1 x 21.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1225