1963.25 Vase

The Islamic world took special interest in the production of ceramics. Iran was an important region of production, and many different types were produced in a number of centers from the 9th century onward. This vase has an opaque glaze, giving it a white ground modulated by a light brown color with several delicate streaks of blue. With its slender neck and bulbous base, it is the type of vessel that might have decorated the recessed niches of typical 12th-century Iranian houses. These niches were used to display luxury objects indicating the owner's wealth and status.

Catherine Asher, "Vase," in The Arts of India, South East Asia, and the Himalayas, Anne R. Bromberg (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), 149.

1963: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association purchase [1]

The main source for this provenance is the object record card in the Collections Records object file.

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