ABSTRACT

Ceramics and miniature-paintings. The Dayton Art Institute is a fine arts museum with an encyclopaedic collection ranging from Egyptian to the contemporary, including Asian.

Approx. total number of items 33 objects. Ceramics One bowl from Iraq, 10th c., lustre-painted decoration; one bowl from Iran, 10th-II th c., lustrepainted decoration; three bowls from Iran, IOth11th c., slip-painted decorations (one from Nishapur); one bowl from Iran, 10th-12th c., slipcarved decoration; two jugs from Iran, 12th-13th c.; one bowl from Iran, 12th-13th c., lustre-painted decorations; one bowl from Syria, 12th-13th c., underglaze decoration; three bowls from Iran (probably Kashan), 13th c., underglaze decorations.