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accession number: 1959.249
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Nishapur Figural Bowl, 900s. Iran, Nishapur, Samanid period (819–1005). Earthenware with underglaze decoration; overall: 8 x 35.6 cm (3 1/8 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1959.249
title: Nishapur Figural Bowl
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creation date: 900s
creation date earliest: 900
creation date latest: 999
current location: 116 Islamic
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Iran, Nishapur, Samanid period (819–1005)
technique: Earthenware with underglaze decoration
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 8 x 35.6 cm (3 1/8 x 14 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Iranian Ceramics
opening date: 1963-10-02T04:00:00
Iranian Ceramics. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 2-December 15, 1963).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1959
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1959-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 10 (December 1959): 210–231.
page number: Reproduced: p. 214; Mentioned: p. 230
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142366
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Bacchantes in Islam.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 3 (March 1960): 42–49.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cover, pp. 42–49
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142384
“Annual Report for the Year 1959.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 6 (June 1960): 111–158.
page number: Mentioned: p. 134
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142399
Wilkinson, Charles Kyrle. Iranian Ceramics: [Catalogue of an Exhibition]. New York: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1963.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 22, p. 123
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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
Grube, Ernst J. The World of Islam. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 21, fig. 6
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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
Atil, Esin. Ceramics from the World of Islam. Freer Gallery of Art Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, vol. III. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1973.
page number: Comparative Material Reproduced: no. 6
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Zick-nessen. Johanna. "Figuren Mittelalterlich-Orientalischen Keramikschalen un die 'Sphaera Barbarica.'" Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran N.F. Bd. 8 (1975), pp. 217–240.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 50, no. 3
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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 and reproduced: p. 21, fig. 23
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Soustiel, Jean, Charles Kiefer, and Henry Pierre Fourest. La céramique islamique: le guide du connaisseur. Paris: Office du Livre, Éditions Vilo, 1985.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 62, no. 44
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Grabar, Oleg. The Formation of Islamic Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 111
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Baer, Eva. The Human Figure in Islamic Art: Inheritances and Islamic Transformations. Bibliotheca Iranica 11. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2004.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 8
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