Not on display

Fragment

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Body sherd. Red-brown fabric with a white slip, green glaze and sgraffiato decoration on the interior; light green glaze on the exterior.

Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Green glazed sgraffiato ware
Brief description
Sherd, green glazed sgraffiato, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 10th or 11th Century
Physical description
Body sherd. Red-brown fabric with a white slip, green glaze and sgraffiato decoration on the interior; light green glaze on the exterior.
Credit line
Given by Major W. J. Myers
Object history
From same bowl as 1220-1898.
Production
From same bowl as 1220-1898.
Association
Bibliographic reference
For the life of Myers see R. T. Stearn, “Myers, William Joseph (1858–1899)”, The Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004)
Collection
Accession number
1221-1898

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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