Lajvardina Ware Deep Bowl
Late 12th-13th century
Physical Qualities
Fritware with white, red, black and gold decoration on blue glaze, 4 H x 8 3/8 Diam. in. (10.2 x 21.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Albert Hendler, Bernard R. Hendler, Bernice Hendler Kolodny and Florence Hendler Trupp
Object Number
1957.77
The design of this bowl, divided into panels filled with small circles, as well as its overglaze gilding and distinctive blue color identify this example of Lajvardina ware. The descriptive name comes from the Persian word for lapis lazuli. The bowl’s deep shape and the upright lotus leaves encircling its exterior derive from Chinese celadon wares of the period as seen on the BMA's bowl (BMA 1973.35.2).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 19,57; J. J. Klejman Gallery, New York; Bachstitz Collection
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art Across Asia: West Asian Connections," July 19, 2017-October 19, 2019
Bachstitz Collection catalogue, no. 107, p. 237.
On View: Antioch Court
