Turquoise Bowl with a Lute Player and Audience in the Metropolian Museum of Art, July 2016

Turquoise Bowl with Lute Player and Audience

Object Name:Bowl

Date:late 12th–early 13th century

Geography:Attributed to Iran

Medium:Stonepaste; glazed (opaque monochrome), in-glaze- and overglaze-painted, gilded

Dimensions:H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) Diam. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm) Wt. 12.3 oz. (348.7 g)

Classification:Ceramics

Credit Line:Henry G. Leberthon Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wallace Chauncey, 1957

Accession Number:57.61.16

A large assembly with an audience of ten people, or singers, surrounding the ’ud-player is depicted on this turquoise bowl. Bowls of fruit suggest the festive nature of the event.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451444