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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Bowl

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

Bowl, buff earthenware, with an out-turned rim, covered with tin-opacified white glaze and inglaze painted in green and dark blue pigments. The interior with multi-petal flowerhead in blue and the rim with alternation blue and green D-shaped panels.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, inpainted in a tin-glaze
Brief description
Bowl, whiteware, inglaze painted in green and dark blue with a flowerhead; Iraq (probably Basra), 9th century.
Physical description
Bowl, buff earthenware, with an out-turned rim, covered with tin-opacified white glaze and inglaze painted in green and dark blue pigments. The interior with multi-petal flowerhead in blue and the rim with alternation blue and green D-shaped panels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.7cm
  • Diameter: 20.3cm
Style
Gallery label
Bowl with blue and green decoration Iraq, probably Basra, 800-900(July 2009)
Object history
Purchased from R. Khalil, rue Saulnier, Paris, 9e, France.
Production
register - Samarra type
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.453-1928

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Record createdApril 9, 2009
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