Bowl Inscribed "Wealth"

early 13th century

Islamic, Iranian

On View

Islamic, Level 1, North Wing

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In their desire to imitate contemporary Chinese Song ceramics, the Seljuks were responsible for the most important innovation in early medieval Islamic pottery. They rediscovered a frit body of clay, quartz, and potash, an ancient Egyptian invention that permitted a variety of color and decoration. Mina’i (enameled) was the most elaborate Seljuk pottery style, requiring several firings for pigments and gold leaf. Its figural style, derived from wall and miniature painting, preserved in a durable medium an almost vanished aspect of Seljuk art. This luxury ware was produced in Kashan for an emerging wealthy middle class.

Title Bowl Inscribed "Wealth"

Artwork Date early 13th century

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Iranian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Islamic

Medium Composite body, opaque white glaze, polychrome underglaze and overglaze painted decoration

Dimensions Overall: 3 7/8 × 8 1/4 inches (9.8 × 21 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department Islamic Art

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 30.421

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Inscriptions Inscribed, Kufic script, against floral scrolls.

Provenance

(Hassan Khan Monif, Persian Antique Gallery, New York, New York, USA)

1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Shreve Simpson, M. "Narrative Allusion and Metaphor in the Decoration of Medieval Islamic Objects: Pictorial Narrative in Antiquity and the Middle Ages," Studies in the History of Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, vol 16, p .133 (ill.), p. 143.

Ettinghausen, R., and G. D. Guest. "The Iconography of a Kashan Luster Plate," Ars Orientalis vol. 4. 1961, pl. 14, (fig. 47) (ill.), pp. 45 and 47.

Aga-Oglu, Mehmet. "A Rhages Bowl with a Representation of an Historical Legend," Bulletin of the DIA 12, no.3 (December 1930): p. 31 (ill.), p. 32.

Peck, Elsie H. "Like the Light of the Sun: Islamic luster-Painted Ceramics," Bulletin of the DIA 71, no. 1/2 (1997): p. 22 (fig. 6) (ill.).

Survey of Persian Art, vol. II, p. 1629; vol. V, pl. 69 (ill.).

Henshaw, Julia P., ed. A Visitors Guide: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1995, p. 121 (ill.).

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Islamic, Iranian, Bowl Inscribed "Wealth", early 13th century, composite body, opaque white glaze, polychrome underglaze and overglaze painted decoration. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.421.