Bowl with Hunter

Title:

Bowl with Hunter

Date:

late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq (?))

Description:

Mina’i is a modern collectors’ term for ceramics made in Iran during the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The term mina’i, translates as “enamelled” in Persian, designating the colored glass pigments used to paint detailed figural decoration on vessels or tiles, which were then fixed on the ceramic base by multiple firings. The use of a wide range of colors, including turquoise, red, green, purple, and black, also led these types of ceramics to be called by the Persian term “haft rang,” or “seven colors.” Mina’i ware scenes often depict courtly pursuits, such as feasting, fighting, or poetry and music performances. These colorful compositions created complex narrative scenes which paralleled manuscript painting. A hunter on horseback at the center of this polylobed bowl rears above a four-legged animal that has been struck down by an arrow. About the inner rim runs a kufic inscription, and a loose naskhi inscription encircles the outer rim of the bowl.For the latest information about this object, bowls (vessels), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:

Type:

bowls (vessels)

Type (Narrower):

Containers

Type (Broader):

Object

Subject:

Culture:

Medium:

fritware, white underglaze, black, blue, brown, dark purple, pink, red, and turquoise overglaze enamel, with traces of gilding

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 3 3/4 × W: 8 3/16 × D: 8 5/16 in. (9.5 × 20.8 × 21.1 cm)

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

48.1279

Is part of:

Islamic Art

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