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Bowl
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Bowl
- Place of origin:
Central Asia (made)
- Date:
9th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware with decoration painted in olive-green, vermilion and deep purple on a white slip
- Museum number:
C.147-1937
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 25, shelf 3
Physical description
Bowl of earthenware with decoration painted in olive-green, vermilion and deep purple on a white slip. Conical with slightly turned out rim and flat base. Light red clay. In the middle is a rosette reserved on a green-painted ground. Round the sides radiate alternate palmettes with reserved veins and large buds painted in green with inner markings of vermilion, and in the palmettes, a row of three deep purple spots. Buds and palmettes are in contour panels, the field being filled with small dots and circles with dotted centres. Round the edge is a scalloped green band. There is slip on the exterior reaching almost to the base. Round the rim are diagonal dashes of vermilion.
Place of Origin
Central Asia (made)
Date
9th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Earthenware with decoration painted in olive-green, vermilion and deep purple on a white slip
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.1 cm
Object history note
Formerly in the Demotte Collection.
Descriptive line
Conical bowl of earthenware with decoration painted in olive-green, vermilion and deep purple on a white slip, Central Asia, 9th century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. Page 18, plate 17B
Materials
Earthenware; Slip
Techniques
Painted
Subjects depicted
Palmettes; Rosette
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection code
MES
