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Fragment


Fragments, four, of earthenware, with scratched decoration under a yellowish glaze.


Object details

Object type
Fragment
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Fragment
  • Fragment
  • Fragment
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, incised
Brief description
Four fragments of a bowl, earthenware, incised, with yellow glaze; Iran, probably Nishapur, 11th/12th century Found at Kish, Iraq.
Physical description
Fragments, four, of earthenware, with scratched decoration under a yellowish glaze.
Dimensions
  • Length: 8in (Note: C.279-1931)
  • Width: 8in (Note: C.279-1931)
  • Length: 2 1/2in (Note: C.279&A-1931)
  • Width: 3in (Note: C.279&A-1931)
  • Length: 2in (Note: C.279&B-1931)
  • Width: 1 3/4in (Note: C. 279&B-1931)
From Register
Credit line
Given by G. F. Reitlinger
Object history
Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 49 Glebe Place, Chelsea, London

Gerald Roberts Reitlinger (1900-1978) was an art historian, who in 1930-1, was part of an archaeological excavation at Kish in the Near East financed by the Field Museum, Chicago, and in 1932 at Al-Hirah, financed by the University of Oxford.
Bibliographic reference
Reitlinger, Gerald, 'Islamic Pottery from Kish', Ars Islamica Vol. II, No. 2, 1935, pp. 198-218, fig. 16B and p. 212
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.279-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O341320/fragment/
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