Bowl Fragment
9th century
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Fragment from the rim of a large bowl, earthenware of pale buff coloured clay, heavily potted, covered with a tin-opacified lead glaze which thins towards the rim appearing clear, painted with broad splashes of copper green on the inside and some residual splashes on the exterior.
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| Materials and techniques | Thrown, glazed and 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 large bowl, earthenware of pale buff coloured clay, heavily potted, covered with a tin-opacified lead glaze which thins towards the rim appearing clear, painted with broad splashes of copper green on the inside and some residual splashes on the 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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| Accession number | C.644-1922 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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