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Bowl with figure with goblet, 10th century, Nishapur, Eastern Persia
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Object Name: Bowl
Date: 10th century
Geography: Excavated in Iran, Nishapur
Medium: Earthenware; polychrome decoration under transparent glaze (buff ware)
Dimensions: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Diam. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1938
Accession Number: 38.40.290
Common among the buff ware bowls that depict human figures are those holding drinking vessels.
In this case, a man wearing a green tunic under a multi-colored, skirt-like garment holds a fluted goblet in his right hand.
The imagery on these bowls is thought to derive from metalwork of the Sasanian period (3rd to 7th century) in Iran.
The distinctive yellow and green glazes of the buff ware group are particularly well-preserved on this example.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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