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Bowl
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Bowl
- Place of origin:
Rayy, Iran (made)
- Date:
ca. 1200 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze
- Museum number:
C.774-1909
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 26, shelf 7
Physical description
Bowl of glazed white fritware, painted in blue and in brown lustre. The inside is divided into eight radial panels, alternately blue and white, painted in lustre with crouching figures on foliated ornament. The outside is covered with a blue glaze, over which is a frieze of rough simulated Arabic inscription.
Place of Origin
Rayy, Iran (made)
Date
ca. 1200 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze
Dimensions
Height: 6.4 cm, Diameter: 16.5 cm
Descriptive line
Bowl of glazed white fritware, painted in blue and in brown lustre, Rayy, ca. 1200.
Production Note
register
Materials
Glaze; Fritware; Lustre
Techniques
Painted; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Figure; Foliation
Categories
Ceramics
Collection code
MES
