id: 159535 accession number: 1996.298 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.298 updated: 2023-01-11 08:01:45.586000 Albarello Jar with an Aphorism, 900s. Central Asia, Samarkand, Samanid period (819–1005). Earthenware with underglaze decoration; diameter: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.298 title: Albarello Jar with an Aphorism title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 900s creation date earliest: 900 creation date latest: 999 current location: 116 Islamic creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Central Asia, Samarkand, Samanid period (819–1005) technique: Earthenware with underglaze decoration department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: In Arabic: al-haya min al-iman w'al-iman min al-janna translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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 Family of Gerard Cohen, Paris, France date: footnotes: citations: (Momtaz Islamic Art, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1996 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1996- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The jar's Arabic inscription written in Eastern Kufic script. digital description: wall description: The albarello was a jar designed to hold ointments and drugs for pharmacists. They were produced in the Middle East and Spain, as well as late medieval and Renaissance Italy. Albarellos are usually painted with floral, vegetal, or geometric designs. Arabic inscriptions are less common but here the elegant text reads: “Modesty [comes] from faith, and faith [comes] from Paradise,” attributed to the Prophet Muhammad. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Renaissance Armor, Early Islamic Ceramic, French Vase, Gleitsman Painting Added to Museum Collection,” December 13, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4085 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.298/1996.298_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.298/1996.298_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.298/1996.298_full.tif