Bowl Fragment
9th century
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Fragment from the rim of a bowl, earthenware of pinkish-buff calcareous clay with organic intrusions and glass relicts (frit?), covered with a tin-opacified white glaze and painted with large overlapping splashes of copper green. The exterior with a few drips falling from the rim. The decoration imitates Chinese Changsha or sancai wares imported into the Middle East.
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Materials and techniques | Thrown, tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Fragment from the rim of a bowl, opaque white ware with green splashes; Iraq (probably Baghdad), 9th century. |
Physical description | Fragment from the rim of a bowl, earthenware of pinkish-buff calcareous clay with organic intrusions and glass relicts (frit?), covered with a tin-opacified white glaze and painted with large overlapping splashes of copper green. The exterior with a few drips falling from the rim. The decoration imitates Chinese Changsha or sancai wares imported into the Middle East. |
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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). |
Other number | I-N 762 - Herzfeld's red inventory number on object |
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Accession number | C.645-1922 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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