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Bowl

10th/13th century (made)
Place of origin

Dish,buff-coloured earthenware, covered in a blue monochrome and glaze, heavily reconstructed.


Object details

Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Bowl
  • Bowl
  • Bowl
  • Bowl
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, glazed
Brief description
Fragment, porcelain, with incised foliage under a greenish-tinged glaze, Dingyao or Xingyao; China, 10th century. Found at Kish, Iraq.
Physical description
Dish,buff-coloured earthenware, covered in a blue monochrome and glaze, heavily reconstructed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.3cm
  • Height: 7.8cm
  • Diameter: 7.8cm (Note: Diameter of foot ring)
Content description
Monochrome
Style
Credit line
Given by G. F. Reitlinger
Object history
Gift of Gerald Reitlinger. 49 Glebe Place, Chelsea, SW.

Gerald Roberts Reitlinger (1900-1978) was an art historian, who in 1930-1, was part of an archaeological excavation at Kish in the Near East financed by the Field Museum, Chicago and in 1932 at Al-Hirah, financed by Oxford.
Collection
Accession number
C.296-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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