Bowl with Inscription, "Sovereignty is God's"
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm) Diam. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
- Origin
- Iran
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Rogers Fund, 1938
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Text Both · 99%
An inscription is visibly integrated into the bowl's decoration, and the museum title identifies its phrase as “Sovereignty is God's.”
Visual Qualities
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Calligraphic Visual · 94%
The surviving decoration consists of bold, curving black strokes with varied widths, loops, and ornamental flourishes characteristic of calligraphic treatment.
Time Periods
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500 - 1000 CE Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog dates the object to 875–925 CE, within the 500–1000 CE period.
Geographic Regions
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Iranian Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog gives Iran as the place of origin.
Materials
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Ceramic Both · 99%
The catalog identifies earthenware with slip decoration under transparent glaze, and the image visibly shows a glazed ceramic vessel surface.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 89%
The museum places the work in its Department of Islamic Art and identifies its place of origin as Iran; this supports an Islamic-art context without implying a more specific stylistic attribution.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
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Bowl Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a bowl and titles it Bowl with Inscription, “Sovereignty is God's.”
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Bowl with Inscription, "Sovereignty is God's". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.