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Bowl with splashed decoration in greentop

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  • Bowl with splashed decoration in green (side)
  • Bowl with splashed decoration in green (oblique)
  • Bowl with splashed decoration in green (oblique)
  • Bowl with splashed decoration in green (oblique)
  • Bowl with splashed decoration in green (bottom)
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  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Iraq (place of creation)
    Date
    9th - 10th century AD (AD 801 - 1000)
    Abbasid Period (AD 750 - 1258)
    Material and technique
    earthenware, with an opaque white glaze, and splashes of green
    Dimensions
    8.7 cm (height)
    27.7 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware
    Technique index
    covered › coated › glazed,
    glazed
    Object type index
    container › vessel › bowl
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
    Accession no.
    EA1956.56

  • Further reading

    Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 3 on p. 37, pl. 4 a

Glossary (2)

earthenware, glaze

  • earthenware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

Location

    • First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East

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