id: 107181 accession number: 1925.1182 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1182 updated: 2025-02-08 23:37:01.196000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1100s creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1200 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century technique: earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Arabic letters in floriated Kufic on griffon's hip (ta or sad?) and above his back (kaf?). translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of Persian Art opening date: 1926-10-01T05:00:00 Exhibition of Persian Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art (organizer) (October 1, 1926-January 1, 1927). title: International Exhibition of Persian Art opening date: 1931-01-07T05:00:00 International Exhibition of Persian Art. Royal Academy of Arts (organizer) (January 7-February 28, 1931). title: Persian Art opening date: 1940-01-01T05:00:00 Persian Art. Iranian Institute (organizer) (January 1-December 31, 1940). title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00 35th Anniversary Exhibition. 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 Exhibition of Persian Art. Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (organizer) (May 1-October 31, 1956). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (A. U. Pope [1881-1969], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1925 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1925-? footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Pope, Arthur Upham. A survey of Persian art, V II. London: Oxford. page number: Mentioned: p. 1533; Reproduced: pl 616b url: Pope, Arthur Upham. An Introduction to Persian Art page number: Mentioned: p. 68; Reproduced: fig 23 url: Iranian Institute of America, and Phyllis Ackerman. 1940. Guide to the exhibition of Persian art. New York: Iranian Institute. page number: Mentioned: p. 164, case 21, E url: Lane, Arthur. 1953. Early Islamic pottery ; Mesopotamia, Egypt and Persia. London: Faber and Faber. page number: Mentioned: p. 26 url: Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, and Mario Bussagli. 1956. Mostra d'arte iranica. Exhibition of Iranian art. Roma, Palazzo Brancaccio, giugno-agosto, 1956. Catalogo. Catalogue. Milano: "Silvana" editoriale d'arte. page number: Mentioned: p. 222; Reproduced: no. 330 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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 Arthur Upham Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art. Yuka Kadoi, ed., 267-268. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016. page number: Mentioned: p. 267-268, no. 2 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1182/1925.1182_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1182/1925.1182_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1182/1925.1182_full.tif