id: 107181
accession number: 1925.1182
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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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creation date: 1100s
creation date earliest: 1100
creation date latest: 1200
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creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
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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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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
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inscription: Arabic letters in floriated Kufic on griffon's hip (ta or sad?) and above his back (kaf?).
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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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(A. U. 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. A survey of Persian art, V II. London: Oxford.
page number: Mentioned: p. 1533; Reproduced: pl 616b
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Pope, Arthur Upham. An Introduction to Persian Art
page number: Mentioned: p. 68; Reproduced: fig 23
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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
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Lane, Arthur. 1953. Early Islamic pottery ; Mesopotamia, Egypt and Persia. London: Faber and Faber.
page number: Mentioned: p. 26
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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
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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
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