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11th/12th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragments, originally ten pieces, fragments DCH joined and F on its own, buff-coloured earthenware, from a bowl, with incised decoration and painted with dot-like stripes in green and manganese.

Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 10 parts.

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Materials and techniques
Earthenware, incised and painted
Brief description
Fragments, ten, incised splashware, with dotted lines in purple and green; Iran/Iraq, probably Nishapur, 11th century. Found at Kish, Iraq.
Physical description
Fragments, originally ten pieces, fragments DCH joined and F on its own, buff-coloured earthenware, from a bowl, with incised decoration and painted with dot-like stripes in green and manganese.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm (Note: C.280-1931, C.280A-1931, C. 280B-1931, C. 280E-1931)
  • Diameter: 11.5cm (Note: Diameter of foot ring from C.280-1931, C.280A-1931, C. 280B-1931, C. 280E-1931)
  • Length: 10.5cm (Note: C.280F-1931)
  • Width: 5cm (Note: C.280F-1931)
  • Length: 15.4cm (Note: C.280D-1931, C.280G-1931, C. 280H-1931)
  • Height: 11.8cm (Note: C.280D-1931, C. 280G-1931, C. 280H-1931)
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Transliteration
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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.280A-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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