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Bowl Fragment

9th century
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Category
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 7.2cm (Note: The approximate overall diameter of the bowl is estimated at 20cm. (RWH))
  • Width: 7.9cm
  • Thickness: 0.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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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
Collection
Accession number
C.645-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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