Object details
Accession number
C1s53
Primary Creator
Muhammad
(active Teheran, 19th century)
Full title
Bowl
Creation Date
late 19th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Marks
Inscribed (on the underside): The work of Muhammad 1281 (1281 AH is about 1865-1866 in the Gregorian calendar)
Inscribed (on the underside): an unidentified pottery mark (probably a Tehran workshop; the mark is illustrated in Horioka, p. 121)
Dimensions
10.8 x 27.6 cm (4 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Display Media
Blue underglaze paint on white siliceous earthenware
Web Commentary
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Permanent Gallery Location
Yellow Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 23. (as Persian, probably 18th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 120-21, no. 55. (as Persian, 19th century; probably a Tehran workshop, Qajar dynasty)
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