Dish with doves and pseudo-kufic inscription

Details

• Title

  Dish with doves and pseudo-kufic inscription

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  12th century (1101 - 1200)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with decoration carved through a white slip under a transparent glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  carved;

  glazed;

  altered › repaired

• Object type

  container › vessel › dish

• Dimensions

  4.4 cm (height)
  29.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 13.6 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2134

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