id: 117918 accession number: 1938.7 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.7 updated: 2023-04-01 11:07:49.444000 Dish with Falcon Attacking a Water Bird, 1100s. Syria, possibly Tell Minis, Zangid (1127–1251) or Ayyubid period (1171–1260). Fritware with carved decoration and underglaze design, Lakabi ware; overall: 8.3 x 40 cm (3 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.7 title: Dish with Falcon Attacking a Water Bird title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1100s creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1199 current location: 116 Islamic creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Syria, possibly Tell Minis, Zangid (1127–1251) or Ayyubid period (1171–1260) technique: Fritware with carved decoration and underglaze design, Lakabi ware department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 8.3 x 40 cm (3 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: For Modern America from the Ancient Near East opening date: 1948-02-24T05:00:00 For Modern America from the Ancient Near East. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948). title: Persian Decorative Art opening date: 1952-01-15T05:00:00 Persian Decorative Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 15-March 16, 1952). title: Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation) opening date: 2021-05-21T04:00:00 Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Wells Objects of Art, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1938 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1938- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Sanctioned by the Qur'an (5:4-6), falconry was for many centuries a favorite sport of Muslim rulers. digital description: wall description: The development of fritware in the Islamic world revolutionized ceramic production and was likely influenced by the import of Chinese porcelain. Fritware was largely made of quartz with small amounts of crushed glass and fine clay in order to produce a white body. The carved surface with raised outlines allowed glazes of different colors to be side by side without running together when fired. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "Au Cleveland Museum of Art." Mouseion. (Avril 1938). page number: Mentioned: p. 13-14 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. 698 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n128 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 211 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n235 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 211 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n235 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 267 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n287 Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: Mentioned: p. 27; Reproduced: p. 27, fig. 29 and color plate 29 (after p. 22) url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.7/1938.7_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.7/1938.7_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.7/1938.7_full.tif