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

Bowl

8th century-10th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of red earthenware with decoration painted in green against a ground covered with crude spiral incisions. The inside is divided in four panels containing an abstract design of lines, dots and circles. The intervening columns have vertical chains of contingent circles. Below the panels and columns is a narrow horizontal band of plain incised scrollwork.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with decoration painted and incised
Brief description
Bowl of red earthenware with decoration painted and incised, found at Khar, 8th-10th century.
Physical description
Bowl of red earthenware with decoration painted in green against a ground covered with crude spiral incisions. The inside is divided in four panels containing an abstract design of lines, dots and circles. The intervening columns have vertical chains of contingent circles. Below the panels and columns is a narrow horizontal band of plain incised scrollwork.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2cm
  • Diameter: 20.6cm
Object history
May have been found at Khar.
Production
register - found at Khar
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1235-1919

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Record createdApril 2, 2009
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