Bowl with epigraphic decoration

Details

• Title

  Bowl with epigraphic decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran › Khurasan › Nishapur (possible) (possible place of creation)

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

• Date

  10th - 11th century (AD 901 - 1100)
  Samanid Period (AD 819 - 1005)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with slip decoration in black and red on white under a transparent glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  6.7 cm (height)
  21.3 cm (diameter)
  at foot 8.5 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.

  EA1978.1758

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