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

Sphero-Conical Vessel

ca. 900-1100 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sphero-conical vessel, (grenade-like form), earthenware, incised with three bands and the shouolder hatched with parallel rouletted lines.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, incised and rouletted
Brief description
Sphero-conical vessel (grenade-like form), earthenware with incised and rouletted decoration, Eastern Iran, 900-1100.
Physical description
Sphero-conical vessel, (grenade-like form), earthenware, incised with three bands and the shouolder hatched with parallel rouletted lines.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.33cm
  • Width: 12.06cm
Production
Found in the ruins of Afrassiab outside the city of Samarkand
Collection
Accession number
1300-1893

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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