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

Fragment

1100-1200 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment from the base of a bowl, fritware, incised with the design of a strident bird, painted under the glaze in cobalt-blue, turquoise and manganese.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware
Brief description
Fragment from the centre of a bowl, fritware, incised and polychrome painted with a bird, Iran (Kashan) or Syria (Raqqa), 1100-1200.
Physical description
Fragment from the base of a bowl, fritware, incised with the design of a strident bird, painted under the glaze in cobalt-blue, turquoise and manganese.
Dimensions
  • Width: 11.4cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Mr G. D. Hornblower
Production
Found in Fostat (Old Cairo); known as Lakabi ware.
Bibliographic reference
Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. Pages 23, 34, 35, plate 40B
Collection
Accession number
C.1273-1921

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Record createdNovember 7, 2003
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