Bowl with Griffin (1100s): Art, History and Details

Bowl with Griffin (1100s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Animated animals, such as this griffin, and robust palmette scrolls characterize the bold designs that often appear on dark manganese backgrounds in Garrus ware, from northwestern Iran.

Object facts

• Title: Bowl with Griffin
• Date: 1100s
• Culture: Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
• Dimensions: Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
• Collection: Islamic Art
• Department: Islamic Art
• Accession number: 1925.1182

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Pope, Arthur Upham. An Introduction to Persian Art since the Seventh Century A.D. London: P. Davies, 1930.
• Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. A survey of Persian art. London: Oxford, 1938–39.
• Ackerman, Phyllis. Guide to the exhibition of Persian art. New York: Iranian Institute, 1940.

View the collection record

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