Bowl with Kufic Inscription
9th century
Physical Qualities
Earthenware with dark blue and white glazes, 1 7/8 H x 6 Diam. in. (4.8 x 15.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard and Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen in Memory of Adelyn D. Breeskin
Object Number
2013.156
The shape of this bowl closely copied 9th-century bowls China exported to Iraq and Iran, but the blue decoration and pure white ground of the Chinese originals was not replicated.
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-
On View: Levy Gallery 1, Case 01/A
