Fragment of a jar with bird between two branches

Details

• Title

  Fragment of a jar with bird between two branches

• Associated place

  Asia › Syria (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with polychrome underglaze painting; can inside, attached to the jar with modelling clay

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware;

  processed material › metal;

  inorganic › mineral › clay

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › can;

  container › vessel › jar

• Dimensions

  14.5 x 15 x 11 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 3 | Conservation

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2213

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