Bowl with epigraphic decoration

Details

• Title

  Bowl with epigraphic decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq (place of creation)

• Date

  9th century AD (AD 801 - 900)
  Abbasid Period (AD 750 - 1258)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with an opaque white glaze, and painting in blue

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  5.8 cm (height)
  20.2 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.

  EA1978.2138

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