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Name of Object:

Jar

Location:

Bucharest, Romania

Holding Museum:

The National Museum of Art of Romania

About The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest

Date of Object:

Hegira 1st – 2nd century / AD 7th – 8th

Museum Inventory Number:

18792 / 2444

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Glazed earthenware, applied decoration

Dimensions:

Height: 30cm, Diameter (of mouth): 19cm

Period / Dynasty:

Umayyad

Provenance:

Iran

Description:

Bulbous, wide-mouthed jar with thick walls, four single and eight double handles; applied rope decoration on the shoulder. The jar is covered with a bluish-green glaze with large iridescent areas. Features such as the rope motif, the multiple handles, the colour of the glaze and the thick walls highlight the archaic character of the jar, and allow us to date it back to the later years of the Sasanian rule and the rise of the Islamic empire. Muslims borrowed extensively from the cultural heritage of the peoples they conquered, gradually integrating local traditions within the larger framework of Islamic civilization.

How date and origin were established:

Comparison with related works

How Object was obtained:

Purchased by a Romanian art collector in Paris in 1926. Purchased by the Museum in 1960.

How provenance was established:

Comparison with related works

Selected bibliography:

Arta iraniană în colecţiile din Republica Socialistă România, Bucharest: Muzeul de Artă al Republicii Socialiste România, 1971: 31, cat. no. 48, fig. 15.
Dunca, M., Islamic Art at the National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest: National Museum of Art of Romania, 2015: 83, no. 30.
Fehérvári, G., Ceramics of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum, London / New York: I. B.Tauris, 2000.

Citation of this web page:

Mircea Dunca "Jar" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rm;Mus21;1;en

Prepared by: Mircea Dunca

MWNF Working Number: RO1 01