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Bowl with vegetal and geometric decoration

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Associated place

Asia › Syria (place of creation)

Date

13th century (1201 - 1300)

Material and technique

fritware, with painting in black under a turquoise glaze

Dimensions

7.2 cm (height)
26.5 cm (diameter)

Material index

processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

Technique index

covered › coated › painted,

marked › painted,

decorated › painted,

painted,

glazed,

covered › coated › glazed

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Object type index

container › vessel › bowl

No. of items

1

Credit line

Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

Accession no.

EA1978.2180
Further reading

Porter, Venetia, Medieval Syrian Pottery (Raqqa Ware) (Oxford: Asmolean Museum, 1981), illus. p. 20 pl. XI

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fritware, glaze

fritware

Ceramic material composed of ground quartz and small quantities of clay and finely ground frit (frit is obtained by pouring molten glass into water).
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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