Publication Date
8th-9th / 14th-15th century
Publication Place
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Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Subject
Red dough covered with white lining and decorated with white and blue; The model is known as the “Meletus vessel”.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
القطعة ذات الرقم الثخزيني 3161: الارتفاع: 14 سم؛ القطر: 27 سم. القطعة ذات الرقم الثخزيني 3174: الارتفاع: 14 سم؛ القطر: 34 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
3161, 3174
Record ID
object;ISL;tr;Mus01;16;ar
Library Location
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Date
8th-9th / 14th-15th century
Notes
Lot 3161 is a bowl with a center framed by a circular ring containing dark blue triangles on a white ground. The edges of the triangles meet, forming hexagonal shapes within the white space between them. In the center of these shapes there are dark blue circles. All of these decorations are surrounded by a frame decorated with the decorative pattern known as rocks and waves. Piece No. 3174 is a bowl with a white background, on which are drawn within dark blue frames palmettes emerging from the petioles, the center of which is filled with spiral lines. All of these shapes are framed by a white decorative grid on a dark blue background. The outer surface of the bowl is decorated with spiral plants.
Sample Text
Cihat Soyhan “Two Miletus Bowls” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tr;Mus01;16;ar
