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

Fragment

1100-1200 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment, earthenware, from the middle of a bowl, covered in white slip, glazed and painted in yellow lustre with a Coptic styled male figure holding a spear and a sheild on a foliated ground


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware
Brief description
Fragment, earthenware, from the middle of a bowl, glazed and painted in yellow lustre, Egypt, 1100-1200. Found in Fostat (Old Cairo)
Physical description
Fragment, earthenware, from the middle of a bowl, covered in white slip, glazed and painted in yellow lustre with a Coptic styled male figure holding a spear and a sheild on a foliated ground
Dimensions
  • Width: 4.5in
Style
Credit line
Given by G. D. Hornblower, Esq.
Production
Found in excavations in Fostat
Bibliographic references
  • Nicolle, D. Armies of the Caliphates, 862-1098, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1998, p.43
  • Nicolle, D. The Armies of Islam, 7th-11th centuries, London: Osprey Publishing, 1982, p.30
Collection
Accession number
C.1805-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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