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Splashed Ware bowl,
late 9th century
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<p>Chinese earthenware shards with "three-color" (<em>sancai</em>) lead glazes from the ninth century were exported to the Middle East and have been excavated in present-day Iraq and Iran. Local artisans copied Chinese forms and adopted the glazing technique, splashing the surface of vessels coated with white slip and a colorless glaze. Conversely, many Persian and Central Asian motifs and vessel shapes influenced ceramic production in China. </p>
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late 9th century
Iran
Said to have acquired in Rhages (RAYY), Iran, in the early 1900s, by Emile Vignier; bequeathed to his niece Marianne Densmore, who sold it to Guy Weill Goudchaux in 1964-65. He sold it to an American dealer in 1985-86, from whom it passed to James Freeman, Class of 1965, from whom the museum purchased it.
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