Bowl
8th century-10th century (made)
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Bowl of red earthenware covered with a clear glaze, and the decoration is partly incised and partly painted in green. The interior is divided into three bands, of which the middle contains two horizontal rows of diamond shaped incised panels which are filled with crude spirals, and the outline is painted in green. The interspaces between these panels are filled with bunches of three or four dots painted in green. The upper band has a single horizontal wavy line painted in green, and the lower a row of dots painted over the incisions.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware covered with a clear glaze, and partly incised and partly painted |
| Brief description | Bowl of red earthenware covered with a clear glaze, and partly incised and partly painted, found at Rayy, 8th-10th century. |
| Physical description | Bowl of red earthenware covered with a clear glaze, and the decoration is partly incised and partly painted in green. The interior is divided into three bands, of which the middle contains two horizontal rows of diamond shaped incised panels which are filled with crude spirals, and the outline is painted in green. The interspaces between these panels are filled with bunches of three or four dots painted in green. The upper band has a single horizontal wavy line painted in green, and the lower a row of dots painted over the incisions. |
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| Object history | May have been found at Rayy. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | C.1236-1919 |
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| Record created | April 2, 2009 |
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