Fragment
12th/13th century
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Fragment, one of two, from the handle of a large water jar, unglazed fine white earthenware; one decorated with hand-coiled or possibly piped or slip-trailed clay (barbotine) loop and three balls applied to form a linked chain between incised line bands framing a cross-hatched border; and the other with a band of coiled scrolls interspersed with dots, edged with line bands of hand-coiled clay or piped. The background with later pencilling for definition.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, applied, incised |
| Brief description | Fragments from jar handles, two, unglazed earthenware, applied chain motif; Iran or Iraq, 12th/ 13th century.Found at Kish, Iraq. |
| Physical description | Fragment, one of two, from the handle of a large water jar, unglazed fine white earthenware; one decorated with hand-coiled or possibly piped or slip-trailed clay (barbotine) loop and three balls applied to form a linked chain between incised line bands framing a cross-hatched border; and the other with a band of coiled scrolls interspersed with dots, edged with line bands of hand-coiled clay or piped. The background with later pencilling for definition. |
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| Content description | Abstract |
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| Object history | Gift of Gerald Reitlinger. 49 Glebe Place, Chelsea, SW. Gerald Roberts Reitlinger (1900-1978) was an art historian, who in 1930-1, was part of an archaeological excavation at Kish in the Near East financed by the Field Museum, Chicago and in 1932 at Al-Hirah, financed by Oxford. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.301-1931 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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