Ceramic Bowl With Minai Decoration
Ceramic bowl with minai decoration. The minai technique, which means glaze or enamel in Arabic, enabled painters to transfer the motifs of manuscript illustration to pottery. Iran, Kashan, late 12th - early 13th c. Gift of Marina Lappa-Diomidous.
12th - early 13th c.
Clay
0.13m
GE 712
Image and text courtesy of Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, 2022
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Benaki Museum of Islamic Art
Permanent collection