Kashan kilns
Bowl Decorated with Waterweeds and Cross Design
early 13th century
Scroll
Kashan kilns
Bowl Decorated with Waterweeds and Cross Design
early 13th century
Physical Qualities
Fritware with white slip, and underglaze blue and black decoration, 4 1/4 H x 8 Diam. in. (10.8 x 20.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard and Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen in Memory of Adelyn D. Breeskin
Object Number
2013.201
The waterweed motif was popular for a short period of time in early 13th-century Iran, for both domestic and export ceramics.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013 (on extended loan from 1957); Elizabeth Ettinghausen, Princeton, NJ; Richard S. Ettinghausen
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art Across Asia: West Asian Connections," July 19, 2017-October 19, 2019
Collection installation, "Asia. Artistic Innovation & Exchange", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Collection installation, "Asia. Artistic Innovation & Exchange", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-