Base Sherd

29-140-611

From: Egypt | Fostat

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-140-611
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic
Provenience Egypt | Fostat
Date Made 700-1299 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Glaze
Description

Glazed ceramic. Similar to: 29-140-626-627. (See card for drawing.)

Raised floral design in white with blue accents; black outline with black dots on grayish glaze.

Exterior: Black lines on fabric; where greenish glaze [?? see card] lines are in blue.

Base: Pierced for suspension.

Credit Line Purchased from Musee Arabe, Cairo; subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1919

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