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They play the lute, drink wine and sing or declaim poetry.\r\n\r\nIn many Islamic societies, scenes containing humans and animals were a common type of decoration in non-religious contexts. The source of this imagery was usually poetry, the most highly esteemed form of secular literature.","physicalDescription":"Bowl with fritware body, overpainted with enamel. On interior, seven figures seated crosslegged around central enthroned figure. 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This bowl belongs to type three. Minai wares share three characteristics; they are made with a white composite fabric, covered with an opaque white or occasionally opaque turquoise glaze which reaches the edge of the foot outside and is applied seperately in the vertical footring and thirdly the polychrome colours are applied over the glaze. The composition of this piece is quite typical, a series of figures seated around the central more important figure of a prince or ruler (for typical examples see Pope, <i> Survey</i>, 1939, pls 659a, 661, 663a, 668, 694a). Occasionally figures may appear in medallions (Khalili, 1994, vol. XI, pl 239).","historicalContext":"The general repertory of mina'i seems to reflect the iconography of the princely life, the entertainments of the court, hunting, polo, and warfare. many are also inscribed with poetry but so far little is known about the patrons of such wares nor the context in which they were used. Mina'i tilework exists from the Seljuk palace of Kaykubad in Konya, Turkey as well as from Iran (Grube, 1976).","briefDescription":"Bowl, fritware, painted in colour with representation of courtly entertainments; Iran (probably Kashan), 1180-1220.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lane, Arthur. <u>Early Islamic Pottery</u> (London: Faber and Faber, 1947), colour plate D."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Grube, E. <u> Islamic Pottery</u>, 1976, p. 208."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Morgan, P. \"Iranian stone-paste pottery of the Saljuq period. Types and techniques,\" <u>Cobalt and Lustre</u>, 1994, pp. 155-169."},{"reference":{"text":"Tim Stanley (ed.), with Mariam Rosser-Owen and Stephen Vernoit, <i>Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Middle East</i>, London, V&A Publications, 2004","id":"AUTH351313"},"details":"pp.83, 91","free":""}],"production":"Kashan","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"musicians","id":"AAT25666"},{"text":"princes","id":"AAT25482"},{"text":"figures","id":"AAT189808"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Jameel Gallery \r\n\r\n13–15 Bowl, Vase and Bottle\r\nIran, Kashan\r\n1180–1220\r\n\r\nThe bowl shows a young prince surrounded by companions. They play the lute, drink wine and sing or declaim poetry. The vase depicts an older participant at such a party, wine glass in hand. \r\n\r\nVerses are also found on the bottle. This was modelled on similar containers made of precious metal, which were used for wine drunk at court revelries. \r\n\r\n13 Fritware with enamels and gilding over the glaze\r\nMuseum no. 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