Iran, Kashan. c. 1200 – 1220 CE
Jug with waterweed designs, benedictory inscription around body, three registers of inscription
Fritware, decoration painted in blue and black under transparent glaze
Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950
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[Detailed Image Description: A ceramic jug with a round, open mouth. There is no lid or spout. It is short and squat, wider than it is tall. The jug is narrower at its mouth and base, and wider around the middle. There is a handle on the left that connects the jug’s rim to its widest point at its middle. The jug is decorated in four bands: the uppermost band around the rim and the band around its wide midsection are dark blue with white Arabic script overlaid. The band between these two is wider, with script outlined in black, filled in with a washed-out light blue glaze on a white background. The lowest band is painted with black leaves or reeds on a white background. The glaze is glossy and crackled.]