Jug with Running Animals (1150–1220): Art, History and Details

Jug with Running Animals (1150–1220) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

"Silhouette" ware continues the tradition of painting with slip (liquefied clay) directly on the white body beneath the glaze. On this jug, thick black slip was applied and then carved with a knife to create the design of running animals and pseudo-script.

Object facts

• Title: Jug with Running Animals
• Date: 1150–1220
• Culture: Iran, probably Kashan, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: fritware with design in carved and underglaze-painted slip ("silhouette" ware)
• Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 14 cm (5 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.); Diameter of rim: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
• Collection: Islamic Art
• Department: Islamic Art
• Accession number: 1947.495

Collection credit

Edward L. Whittemore Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.

View the collection record

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