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Fragment

12th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment, yellowish buff-coloured earthenware, painted in a diluted manganese brown with panels of scrollwork separated by three lines, framed by double line bands. The exterior partially covered with in green


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted
Brief description
Fragment, earthenware, painted in brown with panels of scrollwork; Iran/Iraq, 12th century. Found at Kish, Iraq.
Physical description
Fragment, yellowish buff-coloured earthenware, painted in a diluted manganese brown with panels of scrollwork separated by three lines, framed by double line bands. The exterior partially covered with in green
Dimensions
  • Length: 11.4cm
  • Width: 10.5cm
  • Foot ring diameter: 9.4cm
  • Length: 11.4cm (Note: Overall length)
  • Width: 10.5cm (Note: Overall width)
  • Diameter: 9.4cm (Note: Diameter of foot (estimated value))
Content description
Geometric
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed in ink 'S1'.
  • Transliteration
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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.246-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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