Turquoise bowl with lute player and audience

Unknown (Iranian)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
ca. 1175-1225
Height:
8.9 cm  (3 1/2 in.)
Diameter:
19.7 cm  (7 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
stonepaste; glazed (opaque monochrome), in-glaze- and overglaze-painted, gilded
Place of creation:
Īrān

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 57.61.16]

Description

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

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Ud [3476]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5093