Bowl with high hollow foot supports a lower and upper zone, each consisting of twelve lobes decorated in brown lustre. The exterior lobes in both zones are filled with arabesque designs.
AKM791, Twelve-Lobed Bowl with Vegetal Designs

© The Aga Khan Museum

Bowl with bumped out lobes, decorated in brown lustre. On the interior, the centre and lower zones form a rosette, while the upper zone lobes contain short bands of illegible naskhi script.
AKM791, Twelve-Lobed Bowl with Vegetal Designs, Interior

© The Aga Khan Museum

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Twelve-Lobed Bowl with Vegetal Designs
  • Accession Number:AKM791
  • Place:Iran, Kashan
  • Dimensions:9.4 x 16.2 cm
  • Date:late 12th to early 13th century
  • Materials and Technique:fritware, with lustre-painting on an opaque white glaze (lustre ware)

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