About the Artwork
Silhouette Ware Jug
late 12th century
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Iranian
Islamic
Composite body, glazed, slip-carved
Overall (diam of rim): 5 1/4 × 3 1/8 inches (13.3 × 7.9 cm) Overall (diam of body): 5 7/8 inches (14.9 cm)
Ceramics
Islamic Art
City of Detroit Purchase
30.320
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed: Everlasting power and superabundant prosperity and triumphant victory[?], happiness and perpetuity to [the owner?] [translation by: Sheila Canby, Islamic Department, British Museum, 1992.]
Provenance
(Havemeyer Sale, Anderson Galleries);1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 13, no. 4 (1932): pp. 55, (ill.).
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Islamic, Iranian, Silhouette Ware Jug, late 12th century, composite body, glazed, slip-carved. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.320.
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