Bowl
13th century (made)
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Bowl, earthenware, from a smallish ring foot the sides flare gently out and up, and a steeply articulated rim, marked by an internal ridge and a break in the outside contour flares up more sharply.A red earthenware body is covered with a white slip. The outside has a series of turned rings and is covered with an opaque green glaze. The interior is covered with a pale transparent green glaze. The interior decoration consists of on the rim, a band of criss-cross motifs covered down to the brown clay and in the centre a series of stylized birds round a central rosette. The piece was fired upsidedown on a tripod and drips of glaze stand proud from the rim.
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Materials and techniques | Earthenware, slip covered with incised decoration, glazed |
Brief description | Red earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration of birds. The whole covered with a green glaze. Byzantine, possibly Corinth, 13th century. |
Physical description | Bowl, earthenware, from a smallish ring foot the sides flare gently out and up, and a steeply articulated rim, marked by an internal ridge and a break in the outside contour flares up more sharply.A red earthenware body is covered with a white slip. The outside has a series of turned rings and is covered with an opaque green glaze. The interior is covered with a pale transparent green glaze. The interior decoration consists of on the rim, a band of criss-cross motifs covered down to the brown clay and in the centre a series of stylized birds round a central rosette. The piece was fired upsidedown on a tripod and drips of glaze stand proud from the rim. |
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Credit line | Bought |
Object history | Bought from A. Yeganeh (London). This bowl and the cup C.130-1980 were said by the vendor to have originally been found at Kula. (Pakistan?). |
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Accession number | C.129-1980 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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