Fragment
12th century
| Place of origin |
Fragment from a bowl, pale reddish earthenware, with incised foliate scrollwork, covered in a clear glaze of amber colour.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, incised, glazed |
| Brief description | Fragment, earthenware, with incised design with amber glaze; Iran, 12th century. Found at Kish, Iraq. |
| Physical description | Fragment from a bowl, pale reddish earthenware, with incised foliate scrollwork, covered in a clear glaze of amber colour. |
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| Credit line | Given by G. F. Reitlinger |
| Object history | 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.273-1931 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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