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The Many Questions of Islamic Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2007

SHEILA BLAIR
SHEILA BLAIR
Affiliation:
Department of Fine Arts, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass., and Department of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.; e-mail: blairsh@bc.edu or ssblair@vcu.edu
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This luster bowl, made by the Persian potter Abu Zayd in February–March 1204 (Jumada II 600), exemplifies the broad range of questions that can be raised by Islamic art. The first question is that of provenance. The bowl appeared on the art market in 2001, unknown and undocumented but in virtually perfect condition. A battery of tests supports its authenticity. Jonathan Bloom and I included it in the exhibition Cosmophilia: Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen, which we organized for the McMullen Museum, Boston College, and which was on view until 20 May 2007 at the Smart Museum, University of Chicago. However, we are in the dark about where the bowl has been in the eight centuries since it was made.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , August 2007 , pp. 336 - 337
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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