id:			117918
accession number:	1938.7
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.7
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:35.546000

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
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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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
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measurements: Overall: 8.3 x 40 cm (3 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		For Modern America from the Ancient Near East
	opening date:   1948-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>For Modern America from the Ancient Near East</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948).

	title:		Persian Decorative Art
	opening date:   1952-01-15T05:00:00
	<i>Persian Decorative Art</i>. 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
	<i>Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Wells Objects of Art, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1938
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1938-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Au Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Mouseion. </em>(Avril 1938).
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 13-14
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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. 698
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n128

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 267
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n287

	Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 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)
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