Bowl with Seated Figure

CulturePersian
Titles
  • Bowl with Seated Figure
DateEarly 13th century
MediumStonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze
Dimensions3 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (9.5 × 22.3 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Honorable and Mrs. Hushang Ansary, the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, and the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number2007.1302
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
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DescriptionThe inscriptions convey benedictory wishes, didactic messages, and wisdom typical of these ceramics. Inscription in the outer band:
Oh, heart, do you see any sign of joy?
And do you see anything fall from the eyes but pearls?
I am happy in the hope of you for as long as I live,
People are all as you see them.
May your wealth and glory always increase,
May your prosperity surpass all limits,
So whatever reaches your palate from this bowl,
Oh, Master of the World, may add to your life.
Inscription on the inner band:
O you whose goal it is for years and months to cause me pain,
Free from me and rejoicing in my sorrow,
You said that you would not break your promise again,
Is this not also your work that afflicts my neck?
Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, October 17, 1996, sale LN6645, lot 20]; [Phoenix Ancient Art S.A., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.

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