Jar with animal and epigraphic decoration

Details

• Title

  Jar with animal and epigraphic decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › Syria (place of creation)

• Date

  13th century (1201 - 1300)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with painting in black under a turquoise glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar

• Dimensions

  25.5 cm (height)
  17.8 cm max. (diameter)
  at base 9.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2499

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