id:			159535
accession number:	1996.298
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.298
updated:		2024-08-08 15:17:03.293000

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
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creation date:			900s
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		999
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Central Asia, Samarkand, Samanid period (819–1005)
technique:	Earthenware with underglaze decoration
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	In Arabic:  al-haya min al-iman w'al-iman min al-janna
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

	Family of Gerard Cohen, Paris, France
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	(Momtaz Islamic Art, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1996
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1996–
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RELATED WORKS

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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.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4085

	McWilliams, Mary, "A Samanid Albarello", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 37 no. 08, October 1997
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: pp. 8–9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1997-08/page/8

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