Waster of Three Bowls Attached Together

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16th–17th century · Earthenware; gritty brownish body, yellow streak decoration under glaze · Islamic Art

This object was found in 1937 at a kiln on the "New Road to the west of the city" of Nishapur. It is composed of fragments of three bowls adhered together during firing, resulting in a waster that was unlikely to be sold at the market but that could have an alternative use at the ceramic workshop. The shape of the bowls and their green glazed decoration, with yellow stripes, point to a date in the early modern period. While this may be slight evidence of the continuity in the urban life of Nishapur well after the arrival of the Mongols in the 13th century, recent surveys by Iranian archaeologists have documented many traces of the multi-period occupation of the area.

Artist

Unknown

Date

16th–17th century

Medium

Earthenware; gritty brownish body, yellow streak decoration under glaze

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1940