id:			107181
accession number:	1925.1182
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1182
updated:		2025-10-07 11:18:20.591000

Bowl with Griffin, 1100s. Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century. Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration; overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1925.1182

title:				Bowl with Griffin
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series:				
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1200
current location:		
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century
technique:	earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Arabic letters in floriated Kufic on griffon's hip (ta or sad?) and above his back (kaf?).
	translation:	
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of Persian Art
	opening date:   1926-10-01T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of Persian Art</i>. Philadelphia Museum of Art (organizer) (October 1, 1926-January 1, 1927).

	title:		International Exhibition of Persian Art
	opening date:   1931-01-07T05:00:00
	<i>International Exhibition of Persian Art</i>. Royal Academy of Arts (organizer) (January 7-February 28, 1931).

	title:		Persian Art
	opening date:   1940-01-01T05:00:00
	<i>Persian Art</i>. Iranian Institute (organizer) (January 1-December 31, 1940).

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

	title:		Exhibition of Persian Art
	opening date:   1956-05-01T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of Persian Art</i>. Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (organizer) (May 1-October 31, 1956).

	title:		Exhibition of Persian Art
	opening date:   1956-05-31T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of Persian Art</i>. Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East, Rome, Italy (organizer) (May 31-September 30, 1956).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(A. U. [Arthur Upham] Pope [1881–1969], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1925
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1925–?
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pope, Arthur Upham. <em>An Introduction to Persian Art since the Seventh Century A.D</em>. London: P. Davies, 1930.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 68; Reproduced: fig. 23
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	Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. <em>A survey of Persian art</em>. London: Oxford, 1938–39.
	page number: 	Mentioned: Vol. II, p. 1533; Reproduced: Vol. V, pl. 616b
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	Ackerman, Phyllis. <em>Guide to the exhibition of Persian art</em>. New York: Iranian Institute, 1940.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 164, case 21, E
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	Lane, Arthur. <em>Early Islamic pottery; Mesopotamia, Egypt and Persia</em>. London: Faber and Faber, 1953.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 26
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	Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, and Mario Bussagli. <em>Mostra d'arte iranica. Exhibition of Iranian art. Roma, Palazzo Brancaccio, giugno-agosto, 1956. Catalogo. Catalogue</em>. Milano: "Silvana" editoriale d'arte, 1956.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 222; Reproduced: no. 330
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 697
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n127

	Masteller, Kimberly. "Arthur Upham Pope and Collecting Persian Art for Kansas City." In <em>Arthur Upham Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art. </em>Yuka Kadoi, ed., 267–268. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 267–268, no. 2
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