Vessel with pierced top
12th–13th century
Object PlaceRayy, Iran
Medium/TechniqueFritware (stonepaste), white slip with turquoise-tinted glaze
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 8.3 × 9.3 cm (3 1/4 × 3 11/16 in.)
Credit LineUniversity Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition
Accession number2008.1150
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Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
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Located near Tehran, the capital of Iran, the city of Rayy was inhabited nearly continuously from the third millennium B.C.E. From the seventh through the sixteenth centuries, Rayy was an important political, scholarly, and artistic center of the early and medieval Islamic empires that ruled in the region. The city's strategic location also made it a nexus for trade. While the medieval city is no longer extant, Rayy's material culture illustrates the city's position as an economic, scientific, and literary cross-roads.
Provenance1934 or 1936, excavated at Rayy by the University Museum-M.F.A. Persian Expedition and assigned to the MFA as part of the division of excavated objects. (Accession Date: November 3, 2008)
12th–13th century
12th–13th century
12th century
13th century
11th–12th century
late 12th–early 13th century
early 13th century
12th–13th century
15th century or later