Bowl with pseudo-kufic inscription

Details

• Title

  Bowl with pseudo-kufic inscription

• Associated place

  Asia › Uzbekistan › Samarqand Province › Samarqand (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  10th - 11th century (AD 901 - 1100)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, covered in white slip, and with underglaze painting in red and purple slips

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  8.9 cm (height)
  27.2 cm (diameter)
  at foot 10.6 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.166

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