Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

12th century or 13th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular. The middle is decorated with three concentric bands of hool-like devices, obliquely placed in reversed directions in each successive band; the rim has a zig-zag border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with relief decoration in white slip under a yellow glaze
Brief description
Dish, red earthenware with relief decoration in white slip and covered with a yellow glaze. Found in a tomb at Kertch in the Crimea, Byzantine (probably Crimea), 12th-13th century.
Physical description
Circular. The middle is decorated with three concentric bands of hool-like devices, obliquely placed in reversed directions in each successive band; the rim has a zig-zag border.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register diameter: 19.7cm
Style
Credit line
Bought
Collection
Accession number
144-1908

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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