Base Sherd
29-140-671
From: Egypt | Fostat
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | 29-140-671 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Islamic |
| Provenience | Egypt | Fostat |
| Date Made | 700-1299 CE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Ceramic | Glaze |
| Description | Glazed ceramic. Glaze and incision. (See card for drawing.) Yellowish cream glaze on reddish clay. Decor on inner bottom of bowl is an abstraction of 3 fish (?) in a vortex position. See sherd # 29-140-692 for a more schematic rendering of 2 fish, head-to-tail. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Musee Arabe, Cairo; subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1919 |
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