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

Bowl

10th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Small bowl (saucer), buff-coloured earthenware (fritware), of shallow form with recessed base on a narrow footring, covered in an opaque white glaze, painted in silver-rich yellow lustre with a spouted ewer with handle on a spreading foot terminating in Kufic-esque split palmettes in the "bevelled" style, within a contour panel on a ground of v-shaped striations, scalloped band at rim. The reverse with three medallions of concentric circles of varied width on a ground of dashes with dots.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware (fritware) with lustre decoration
Brief description
Bowl, whiteware, lustre-painted in yellow with an ewer; Iraq (probably Basra), 10th century.
Physical description
Small bowl (saucer), buff-coloured earthenware (fritware), of shallow form with recessed base on a narrow footring, covered in an opaque white glaze, painted in silver-rich yellow lustre with a spouted ewer with handle on a spreading foot terminating in Kufic-esque split palmettes in the "bevelled" style, within a contour panel on a ground of v-shaped striations, scalloped band at rim. The reverse with three medallions of concentric circles of varied width on a ground of dashes with dots.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5in
  • Height: 1.5in
Styles
Gallery label
BOWL White-glazed earthenware painted in lustre. Found at Fostat. MESOPOTAMIAN; 9th century Given by Mr. G.D. Hornblower.(Old gallery label)
Credit line
Given by G.D. Hornblower, Esq.
Object history
Said to have been found in excavations at Fostat, Egypt. Originally catalogued as "Persian 12th century". Given by G. D. Hornblower, George David Hornblower (1865-1951) an Egyptologist.
Collection
Accession number
C.1323-1921

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Record createdJanuary 28, 1998
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