Bowl with eight-pointed star and pseudo-kufic inscription

Details

• Title

  Bowl with eight-pointed star and pseudo-kufic inscription

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (north-east) (place of creation)

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  earthenware, covered in white slip, and with underglaze painting in dark-brown and yellow slips

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  7.8 cm (height)
  28.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 12 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2124

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