Beaker with epigraphic decoration

Details

• Title

  Beaker with epigraphic decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd half of the 12th century
  Great Seljuq Period (1040 - 1194)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with decoration carved through a black slip under a turquoise glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  carved;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › beaker

• Dimensions

  11.8 cm (height)
  12.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.60

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