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Summary
anonymous: Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs
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| Title |
Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs |
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| Object type |
bowl  |
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| Genre |
Mina'i ware |
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| Description |
English: The figures and decoration on the interior of this bowl combine imagery of the courtly cycle and astronomy. In the center the sun is surrounded by personifications of the planets (clockwise) Mars, Mercury, Venus, the moon, Saturn, and Jupiter. Islamic astronomers believed the planets orbited the earth, forming seven concentric circles. An eighth, outer sphere contained the constellations and signs of the zodiac, possibly represented by the six large and twelve small gold circles between the planets’ heads. |
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| Date |
circa |
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| Collection |
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| Accession number |
57.36.4 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) |
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| Place of creation |
Iran |
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| References |
The Met object ID: 451379 |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451379 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 23:14, 20 March 2024 | | 1,200 × 1,198 (305 KB) | Amelie Pak | Uploaded while editing "User:Amelie Pak/Seljuk pottery" on en.wikipedia.org |
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