Bowl
13th century (made)
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Bowl of earthenware painted with black, blue and brownish red enamels with a figure riding on a camel to the left. Flattened rim with a shallow convex bowl and a ring foot. The border is in small panels arrived at by debasing the Cufic script. The figure sits sideways on the camel, holding the bridle in her hand and striking the animal's rump with a stick held in the other. Fruit trees are growing in the field. Outside the bowl is a band of cable-pattern.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware painted with black, blue and brownish red enamels |
| Brief description | Bowl of earthenware painted with enamels with a figure riding on a camel to the left, Ar-Raqqah, 13th century. |
| Physical description | Bowl of earthenware painted with black, blue and brownish red enamels with a figure riding on a camel to the left. Flattened rim with a shallow convex bowl and a ring foot. The border is in small panels arrived at by debasing the Cufic script. The figure sits sideways on the camel, holding the bridle in her hand and striking the animal's rump with a stick held in the other. Fruit trees are growing in the field. Outside the bowl is a band of cable-pattern. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. Pp. 44-5, plate 78B |
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| Accession number | C.1-1937 |
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| Record created | November 18, 2003 |
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