Jar

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of yellow fritware, with an ovoid body, and covered with a clear glaze over a white slip splashed with blue.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with white slip and glazed
Brief description
Jar of yellow fritware, with an ovoid body, and covered with a clear glaze, excavated at Fostat.
Physical description
Jar of yellow fritware, with an ovoid body, and covered with a clear glaze over a white slip splashed with blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm
  • Diameter: 10.8cm
Gallery label
(Used until 04/1999)
From Fostat (Old Cairo).
Given by Major W. J. Myers.
Credit line
Given by Major W. J. Myers
Object history
Object found in excavations in Fostat, from a rubbish heap.
Production
register
Collection
Accession number
1797-1897

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Record createdJuly 28, 2005
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