Dumbarton Oaks - Bowl with Three Fish on Interior

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Bowl with Three Fish on Interior

Islamic
14th century (Mamluk)
10 cm x 22.23 cm x 22.23 cm (3 15/16 in. x 8 3/4 in. x 8 3/4 in.)
ceramic
BZ.X.13

Not on view

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Description

Very thin-walled, green celadon bowl with gold or lustre (?) decoration; petals on the outside and three small fish in relief inside.

Bibliography

R. Ettinghausen, Near Eastern Pottery of the Muslim Period in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (unpublished manuscript), [Princeton, 1937], no. 11.

Exhibition History

Loaned to the Musée du Louvre, 1927-1933.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Islamic Exhibition, Nov. 3, 1944 - Feb. 4, 1945.

Acquisition History

Gift of Mr. Royall Tyler (1914-1918), Paris (ca. 1916).

Collection of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., November 1940.

Object Last Modified: 11/16/2023