Bowl
9th century or 10th century (made)
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Fragment of a bowl of red earthenware, painted in colours on white slip and covered with a clear glaze. The design consists of cypress-trees alternating with conventional floral devices connected by interlaced strapwork, and arranged radically about a central rosette. The trees and devices are enclosed in compartments conforming with them in outline, reserved on a dotted ground, and the whole design being painted in olive-green and red with touches of manganese-purple.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with underglaze decoration and painted over white slip |
| Brief description | Fragment of a bowl of red earthenware, painted in colours on white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Samarkand, 9th century or 10th century. |
| Physical description | Fragment of a bowl of red earthenware, painted in colours on white slip and covered with a clear glaze. The design consists of cypress-trees alternating with conventional floral devices connected by interlaced strapwork, and arranged radically about a central rosette. The trees and devices are enclosed in compartments conforming with them in outline, reserved on a dotted ground, and the whole design being painted in olive-green and red with touches of manganese-purple. |
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| Production | register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. Colour Plate A and p. 18. |
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| Accession number | C.310-1912 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2003 |
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