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Sun/ Planets/ zodiac figures/ birds
Made in a mold. Painted in black and blue under turquoise glaze. Hemispherical bowl; outside, sun on bottom, surrounded by representations of the 6 planets in relief, in bud-shaped compartments, which in turn are surrounded by a band of zodiac figures, in relief, in roundel compartments; inside, center, 2 confronted birds on either side of arabesque stem in star rosette.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Walters Collection
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 4 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (11.3 x 24.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters in 1931
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.
48.1240