Dish
ca. 1200 (made)
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Dish of buff fritware, painted in blue and greenish-brown lustre. Saucer-shaped with a narrow rim. Painted with a seated female figure in each of the four circular compartments. On the rim are simulated Arabic writing. The underside is painted blue.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted with lustre |
| Brief description | Circular dish of buff fritware with a narrow rim, painted with lustre, Rayy, ca. 1200. |
| Physical description | Dish of buff fritware, painted in blue and greenish-brown lustre. Saucer-shaped with a narrow rim. Painted with a seated female figure in each of the four circular compartments. On the rim are simulated Arabic writing. The underside is painted blue. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr L. M. Lowenstein |
| Object history | May have been found at Khar. |
| Production | register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill.; pp. 37-8, plate 58A |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.698-1917 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2003 |
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