Bowl with elaborate eight-pointed figure

Details

• Title

  Bowl with elaborate eight-pointed figure

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  12th century (1101 - 1200)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with decoration incised through a white slip, and painting in green, under a transparent glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  marked › incised;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed;

  altered › repaired

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  13.2 cm (height)
  25.6 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2131

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