Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs

Title (Dublin Core): Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs
Description (Dublin Core): The figures and decoration on the interior of this bowl combine imagery of the courtly cycle and astronomy. In the center the sun is surrounded by personifications of the planets (clockwise) Mars, Mercury, Venus, the moon, Saturn, and Jupiter. Islamic astronomers believed the planets orbited the earth, forming seven concentric circles.
Identifier (Dublin Core): m_2021_metm_03
Creator (Dublin Core): Unknown, attributed Iranian
Date (Dublin Core): late 12th–early 13th century
Format (Dublin Core): ceramics (object genre)
Medium (Dublin Core): Stonepaste, polychrome inglaze and overglaze painted and gilded on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i)
Subject (Dublin Core): astronomy; planetary gods; decorative bowls
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Attributed to Central or Northern Iran; Iran
Rights (Dublin Core): No Copyright - United States
Rights Holder (Dublin Core): Public Domain
Source (Dublin Core): The Metropolitan Museum of Art; https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451379?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&where=Iran&ao=on&ft=Moon&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=5