Bowl with flying phoenixes against a foliate background

Details

• Title

  Bowl with flying phoenixes against a foliate background

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  late 13th century - 1st half of the 14th century
  Ilkhanid Period (1256 - 1353)

• Material and technique

  fritware, covered in grey slip with underglaze painting in white slip and black

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  9.5 cm (height)
  20.8 cm (diameter)
  at foot 6.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1637

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