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Mina’i (Enameled) Bowl with Camel Caravan

Islamic (Artist)
late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq (?))
fritware, white underglaze, black, blue, pink, red, and turquoise overglaze enamel, and gilding

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.”
Mina’i ware scenes often depict courtly pursuits, such as feasting, fighting, or poetry and music performances. These colorful compositions created complex narrative scenes which paralleled manuscript painting. This footed bowl features relatively rare composition of a single camel at the center surrounded by a camel caravan led by a driver on foot. The bowl also features two pseudo-inscriptions in different calligraphic styles: in kufic on the interior, and naskhi on the exterior.

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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4/18/1960 Treatment cleaned; coated
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Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Overall: 3 7/16 x 8 1/8 in. (8.7 x 20.7 cm)

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Acquired by Henry Walters

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Centre Street: Fourth Floor: Across Asia - Arts of Asia and the Islamic World

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48.1054

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