Bowl
9th century-10th century (made)
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Bowl of light red earthenware with incised decoration under a clear glaze stained with strokes and patches of green, greenish-yellow and manganese-purple. Inverted conical with nearly straight sides and grooved flat base. Decoration consists of an incised leaf-shaped motive roughly scribbled over, outlined in green and enclosed by a loop of short parallel strokes in blurred manganese-purple, in each of the three compartments separated by spandrels coloured green.
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Materials and techniques | Earthenware with incised decoration under a clear glaze and stained |
Brief description | Bowl of light red earthenware with incised decoration under a clear glaze stained with strokes and patches, Iran, 9th century-10th century. |
Physical description | Bowl of light red earthenware with incised decoration under a clear glaze stained with strokes and patches of green, greenish-yellow and manganese-purple. Inverted conical with nearly straight sides and grooved flat base. Decoration consists of an incised leaf-shaped motive roughly scribbled over, outlined in green and enclosed by a loop of short parallel strokes in blurred manganese-purple, in each of the three compartments separated by spandrels coloured green. |
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Accession number | C.6-1929 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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