Water jar with geometric and calligraphic decoration

Details

• Title

  Water jar with geometric and calligraphic decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, unglazed, with moulded decoration

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  formed › moulded

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar › water-jar

• Dimensions

  15 cm (height)
  15 cm max. (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.

  EA1978.2244

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