Bowl
10th century (made)
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Accession number | C.1323-1921 |
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Record created | January 28, 1998 |
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