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Bowl with lustre decoration
Fatimid period
late 11th century
Object Place: probably Egypt or Syria
Medium/Technique
Earthenware, white slip with lustre under transparent glaze
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 6 × 20.2 cm (2 3/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number96.733
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionWheel-turned body; low foot ring, flat narrow rim. Yellow lustre painted over opaque white silp, coated with transparent glaze; four large lobes spanning the well and cavetto, swirl and checkerboard patterns in opposite spandrels, painted scallop with dots under interior rim
ProvenanceBought in Cairo, in 1895.