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Fragment
- Place of origin:
Iran
- Date:
12th century
- Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware, incised, glazed
- Credit Line:
Given by G. F. Reitlinger
- Museum number:
C.273-1931
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Fragment from a bowl, pale reddish earthenware, with incised foliate scrollwork, covered in a clear glaze of amber colour.
Place of Origin
Iran
Date
12th century
Materials and Techniques
Earthenware, incised, glazed
Dimensions
Length: 4 1/4 in, Width: 3 in
Object history note
Gift of Gerald Reitlinger. 49 Glebe Place, Chelsea, SW.
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 Oxford.
Descriptive line
Fragment, earthenware, with incised design with amber glaze; Iran, 12th century. Found at Kish, Iraq.
Collection
Ceramics Collection