Bowl with arabesques and pseudo-kufic inscription

Details

• Title

  Bowl with arabesques and pseudo-kufic inscription

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

  Asia › Iran › Kashan (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  late 12th century - early 13th century

• Material and technique

  fritware, with inglaze painting in blue, and overglaze painting in red and gold

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  9 cm (height)
  21 cm (diameter)
  at foot 9 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2340

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