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Stamp

Stamp

  • Place of origin:

    Egypt (made)

  • Date:

    possibly 12th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Fritware with impressed decoration

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Vernon Wethered, Esq.

  • Museum number:

    C.872-1919

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 25, shelf 7

Physical description

Stamp of buff fritware with impressed decoration. Circular, and decorated in the middle with a rosette enclosed by a band of formal radiating leaves.

Place of Origin

Egypt (made)

Date

possibly 12th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Fritware with impressed decoration

Dimensions

Diameter: 8.3 cm

Object history note

Object found in excavations in Fostat, Egypt

Descriptive line

Stamp of buff fritware with impressed decoration, Egypt, possibly 12th century.

Production Note

register

Materials

Fritware

Techniques

Impressed

Subjects depicted

Rosette; Leaves

Categories

Ceramics; Africa

Collection

Middle East Section

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