Index Classification: Material and Technique

Painted Ceramic from West Asia

Ceramic, Painted, West Asia

Works of Art (39)

	Animal-spouted pitcher, 9th–10th century, Found at Iran, Nishapur, Sabz Pushan, 6D, Zir-i Zamin, Earthenware; polychrome decoration under transparent glaze (buff ware) (38.40.247)
	Architectural tile fragment, 6th century B.C., Lydian; Excavated at Sardis, Terracotta with red and black painted decoration (26.164.1)
	Askos in the form of a deer, ca. 1725–1600 B.C.; Middle Cypriot III; White Painted V Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from Idalion (Potamia), Terracotta (74.51.795)
	Bowl with Arabic inscription, late 10th–11th century, Found at Iran, Nishapur, Tepe Madrasa, Earthenware; white slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze (40.170.15)
	Bowl with prince on horseback, Seljuq period (1040–1196), 12th–13th century, Iran, Stonepaste, applied decoration, polychrome in-glaze and overglaze painted and gilded on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i) (51.53)
	Bowl with Zodiac signs, Seljuq period, 13th century, Attributed to Iran, Kashan, Stonepaste; overglaze luster-painted on opaque white glaze (27.13.9)
	Bowl, 10th century, Samarqand (Uzbekistan) or Nishapur (Iran), Earthenware, red body, white engobe, underglaze-painted (65.106.2)
	Bowl, 10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Earthenware, slip-painted and glazed (65.270.1)
	Bowl, 10th century, Iraq, Composite body, luster-painted (1977.126)
	Bowl, 15th century; Timurid, Iran or Central Asia, Earthenware, underglaze-painted (32.33)
	Bowl, 7th–6th millennium B.C., Halaf period, Syria, Tell Halaf, Ceramic (1983.407)
	Ceramic Lantern, Ayyubid period (1169–1260), early 13th century, Syria, probably Raqqa, stonepaste, underglaze painted in blue, luster painted on transparent glaze (91.1.138)
	Chariot krater, ca. 1400–1370 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Helladic (Mycenaean), Terracotta (74.51.964)
	Dish depicting a wedding procession, Seljuq period (1040–1196), first quarter of 13th century, Iran, Kashan, Stonepaste; molded, luster-painted on opaque white glaze (1983.247)
	Dish, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 136, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.2)
	Dish, last quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Iznik, Turkey, Composite body, painted and glazed (1979.412)
	Dish, Ottoman period (ca. 1299–1923), mid-16th century, Turkey, Iznik, Stonepaste, painted in turquoise and two hues of blue under transparent glaze (14.40.727)
	Dish, second half of 12th century, Syria, Composite body, carved in relief, incised, and painted under a clear glaze (1979.210)
	Head of a ram, 3300–3100 B.C.; Late Uruk period, Mesopotamia, Ceramic, paint (1981.53)
	Jar with molded decoration, A.H. 681/1282–83 A.D., Iran, Fritware, monochrome glazed (56.185.3)
	Jar, Mamluk period (1250–1517), 14th century, Syria, Stonepaste, polychrome painted under transparent glaze (91.1.130)
	Jar, mid-6th millennium B.C.; Hacilar I type, South central Anatolia, Ceramic with paint (64.286.5)
	Jug with an oversized spout, mid-6th century B.C., Lydian; Excavated at Sardis, Terracotta (14.30.9)
	Jug, ca. 750–600 B.C.; Cypro-Archaic I, Cypriot, Terracotta (74.51.532)
	Krater with a lid surmounted by a small hydria, mid-8th century B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Euboean or Cycladic; Found at Kourion, Cyprus, Terracotta (74.51.965)
	Lentoid flask, 11th century B.C., Levantine, Bichrome Ware, Terracotta (74.51.431)
	Molded horse and rider with cheetah, Seljuq period (1040–1196), 12th century, Iran, Stonepaste, molded in sections, monochrome painted under transparent turquoise glaze (66.23)
	Open bowl, 1st century A.D., Nabataean; Jordan, Ceramic (1977.234.12)
	Plate, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 142, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.4)
	Pyxis (cylindrical container), Ayyubid period (1169–1260), late 11th–early 12th century, Syria, Stonepaste, luster-painted on incised, opaque white glaze (1998.298a,b)
	Shallow bowl, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 134, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.3)
	Spherical Jar, Meroitic Period, ca. 100 B.C.–300 A.D., Meroitic, Painted pottery (08.202.47)
	Standing male figurine holding a quadruped, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta (74.51.1613) Standing warrior (?), ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta (74.51.1614) Standing warrior with a shield, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta (74.51.1655) Standing male figurine playing a double flute, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta (74.51.1691) Standing male figurine, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta (74.51.1692)
	Stemmed cup with murex decoration, late 14th century B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA:2, Mycenaean, Terracotta (1972.118.137)
	*Storage jar (albarello), late 13th–14th century, Iran, Fritware, overglaze painted (lajvardina*) (57.61.12a,b)
	Three female figures, ca.1400–1300 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Mycenaean, Terracotta (35.11.16–.18)
	Vessel fragment with bird in profile, 7th–6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, Eye Temple fill, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.7)
	Vessel fragment with geometric design, 7th–6th century B.C., Anatolia, Phrygia, Gordion, Ceramic, paint (L.1994.96.6)
	Vessel fragment with rosette, 7th–6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, FS 1314, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.6)