Object Number | 29-140-623 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Islamic |
Provenience | Egypt | Fostat |
Date Made | 700-1299 CE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Ceramic | Glaze |
Description | Glazed ceramic. Glaze & incision. (See card for drawing.) Deep turquoise glaze over sandy white clay. Calligraphic (?) motif in center, painted in black. Border and simple brush stroke motifs surround the inner bowl. Bottom of bowl's foot and interior of rim without glaze. |
Credit Line | Purchased from Musee Arabe, Cairo; subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1919 |
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