Saucer with cockerel

Details

• Title

  Saucer with cockerel

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  10th century (AD 901 - 1000)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with painting in lustre over an opaque white glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  container › vessel › saucer

• Dimensions

  3.5 cm (height)
  16 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2144

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