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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

9th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware bowl with incised decoration under a green glaze, with a cylindrical body and small foot, decorated outside with seven panels each containing a deeply cut geometrical motif.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with incised decoration under a green glaze
Brief description
Earthenware bowl with incised decoration under a green glaze, Egypt, 9th century, found in excavations at Hamamieh, Middle Egypt, by By Prof. Sir W.M. Flinders Petrie and Mr Guy Brunton.
Physical description
Earthenware bowl with incised decoration under a green glaze, with a cylindrical body and small foot, decorated outside with seven panels each containing a deeply cut geometrical motif.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 5.25in
  • Diameter: 7.37in
Credit line
Given by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt
Object history
Found in excavations at Hamamieh, Middle Egypt, by By Prof. Sir W.M. Flinders Petrie and Mr Guy Brunton.
Collection
Accession number
C.1394-1924

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Record createdJune 10, 2004
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