Large Bowl with Scroll Border
10th century
Physical Qualities
Earthenware with dark brown and red decoration on white slip under transparent glaze, 4 3/4 H x 14 Diam. in. (12.1 x 35.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard and Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen in Memory of Adelyn D. Breeskin
Object Number
2013.160
This bowl, badly broken and reassembled long ago, received extensive conservation in preparation for its exhibition. One typical approach—replacing missing pieces with sherds of a different vessel—was employed on it's previous repair. As part of its recent lengthy conservation treatment, the impressive bowl was entirely dissembled
into its many original pieces plus others from a pre-1957 restoration to remove the
residue of failing adhesive, clean every surface, more carefully and securely reassemble
it, and sensitively create a uniform surface.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013 (on extended loan from 1963); 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
