Dish with looped cross

Details

• Title

  Dish with looped cross

• 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 black

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › dish

• Dimensions

  3.5 cm (height)
  30.1 cm (diameter)
  at foot 20 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1754

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