Collection Online as of August 11, 2022
1100s
Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1182
Description Animated animals such as this griffin and robust palmette scrolls characterize the bold designs that often appear on dark manganese backgrounds in Garrus ware.
Inscriptions
Inscription Arabic letters in floriated Kufic on griffon's hip (ta or sad?) and above his back (kaf?).
Provenance ?-1925
(A. U. Pope [1881-1969], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1925-?
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Pope, Arthur Upham. A survey of Persian art, V II . London: Oxford. Mentioned: p. 1533; Reproduced: pl 616b
Pope, Arthur Upham. An Introduction to Persian Art Mentioned: p. 68; Reproduced: fig 23
Iranian Institute of America, and Phyllis Ackerman. 1940. Guide to the exhibition of Persian art . New York: Iranian Institute. Mentioned: p. 164, case 21, E
Lane, Arthur. 1953. Early Islamic pottery ; Mesopotamia, Egypt and Persia . London: Faber and Faber. Mentioned: p. 26
Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, and Mario Bussagli. 1956. Mostra d'arte iranica. Exhibition of Iranian art. Roma, Palazzo Brancaccio, giugno-agosto, 1956. Catalogo. Catalogue . Milano: "Silvana" editoriale d'arte. Mentioned: p. 222; Reproduced: no. 330
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 697
archive.org
Masteller, Kimberly. "Arthur Upham Pope and Collecting Persian Art for Kansas City." In Arthur Upham Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art. Yuka Kadoi, ed., 267-268. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016. Mentioned: p. 267-268, no. 2
Exhibition history
Exhibition of Persian Art . Philadelphia Museum of Art (organizer) (October 1, 1926-January 1, 1927).
International Exhibition of Persian Art . Royal Academy of Arts (organizer) (January 7-February 28, 1931).
Persian Art . Iranian Institute (organizer) (January 1-December 31, 1940).
35th Anniversary Exhibition . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
Exhibition of Persian Art . Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (organizer) (May 1-October 31, 1956).
