Bowl Fragment
9th century, 1902-1905 (photographed)
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Fragment of the rim of a bowl, earthenware of a pinky-buff calcareous clay with crushed frit, covered with a tin-opacified lead glaze and painted with short strokes of manganese-purple or aubergine pigment forming a triangular pattern. A few short strokes of purple are on the rim and exterior
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Materials and techniques | Thrown, tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Fragment of a bowl, opaque white ware with aubergine splashes; Iraq (Samarra), 9th century. |
Physical description | Fragment of the rim of a bowl, earthenware of a pinky-buff calcareous clay with crushed frit, covered with a tin-opacified lead glaze and painted with short strokes of manganese-purple or aubergine pigment forming a triangular pattern. A few short strokes of purple are on the rim and exterior |
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Credit line | The research, cataloguing and digitisation of the V&A's Samarra collection has been made possible by a pilot project grant from the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (2013). |
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Other number | I-N 942 - Herzfeld's red inventory number on object |
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Accession number | C.629-1922 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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