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Bowl with lid
(زبدية ذات غطاء)

Title	Bowl with lid
Title Original	زبدية ذات غطاء
Publication Date:	Tenth century / late sixteenth century
Publication Place	- Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Subject	Quartz paste (frit) in blue, green and black colors, a tiled layer under the glaze, and a transparent layer of glaze above it.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 15.24 سم؛ القطر: 20.3 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	A. 1884.44.26 & A
Record ID	object;ISL;uk;Mus03;30;ar
Library Location	Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Date	Tenth century / late sixteenth century
Notes	A low oval bowl made of quartz paste (frit), with a domed lid with a handle of gilded brass at the top, and at the bottom a decoration of flowers in blue, red and green. The decoration on the lid starts from the decoration under the handle with leaf veins, four leaves of the blue saz motif colored in red in the middle, moving counterclockwise. Four pairs of flowers appear between the saz leaves, each consisting of a blue lily and a ruby-red-orange, and they also emerge from a leaf tissue that intersects together. The edge of the border is decorated with white ripples on a blue ground, and in the center of each is a black dot. The top is surrounded by a red and green braid, and underneath are nine blue lavender flowers with red dot detailing that float around the bowl clockwise, giving the sensation of a horizontal wreath even though they all emerge from the base. Another band appears below the lavender, composed of counterclockwise carnations, whose stems also emerge from the base. The bottom of the bowl is decorated with decorative inlays outlined in three borders. It includes five floral arrangements with red and blue petals, and six abstract blue patterns fill the remaining space. The shape of the bowl is reminiscent of Iranian ceramic and metal bowls of the 7th/13th century, and it is also reminiscent of tableware in the Italian court of the 15th century (as seen, for example, in Matinia's engraving painting of a servant serving the table during a game of cards). In the Ottoman court, such bowls were produced from red gilded copper (tombak), and were an integral part of the tableware for serving food during meals.
Sample Text	Ulrike Al-Khamis “Bowl with Lid” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;30;ar

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Bowl with lid

(زبدية ذات غطاء)

Publication Date Tenth century / late sixteenth century

Publication Place - Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS

Subject Quartz paste (frit) in blue, green and black colors, a tiled layer under the glaze, and a transparent layer of glaze above it.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 15.24 سم؛ القطر: 20.3 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID A. 1884.44.26 & A

Record ID object;ISL;uk;Mus03;30;ar

Library Location Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS

Date Tenth century / late sixteenth century

Notes A low oval bowl made of quartz paste (frit), with a domed lid with a handle of gilded brass at the top, and at the bottom a decoration of flowers in blue, red and green. The decoration on the lid starts from the decoration under the handle with leaf veins, four leaves of the blue saz motif colored in red in the middle, moving counterclockwise. Four pairs of flowers appear between the saz leaves, each consisting of a blue lily and a ruby-red-orange, and they also emerge from a leaf tissue that intersects together. The edge of the border is decorated with white ripples on a blue ground, and in the center of each is a black dot. The top is surrounded by a red and green braid, and underneath are nine blue lavender flowers with red dot detailing that float around the bowl clockwise, giving the sensation of a horizontal wreath even though they all emerge from the base. Another band appears below the lavender, composed of counterclockwise carnations, whose stems also emerge from the base. The bottom of the bowl is decorated with decorative inlays outlined in three borders. It includes five floral arrangements with red and blue petals, and six abstract blue patterns fill the remaining space. The shape of the bowl is reminiscent of Iranian ceramic and metal bowls of the 7th/13th century, and it is also reminiscent of tableware in the Italian court of the 15th century (as seen, for example, in Matinia's engraving painting of a servant serving the table during a game of cards). In the Ottoman court, such bowls were produced from red gilded copper (tombak), and were an integral part of the tableware for serving food during meals.

Sample Text Ulrike Al-Khamis “Bowl with Lid” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;30;ar