Two-handled Jug, 13th century

  • Islamic, Syrian

Ceramic, composite body; overglaze luster-painted and underglaze painted

  • Overall: 10 × 8 1/8 inches (25.4 × 20.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

25.55

(Daniel Z. Noorian, New York, New York, USA)

1925-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Peck, Elsie H. "Like the Light of the Sun: Islamic Luster-Painted Caramics," Bulletin of the DIA 71, no. 1/2 (1997): p. 23, p. 31, pl. 19 (ill.).

Islamic, Syrian, Two-handled Jug, 13th century, ceramic, composite body; overglaze luster-painted and underglaze painted. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 25.55.