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Ceramic fragment
Findspot: RTE 3, Pit 10, D. 55.00 floor of R 1. ref. No. 6, Rayy, Iran; Object Place: Rayy, Iran
Medium/Technique
Glazed ceramic fragment
Dimensions
Length x width: 6 × 4.2 cm (2 3/8 × 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
University Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition
Accession Number39.352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
Located near Tehran, the capital of Iran, the city of Rayy was inhabited nearly continuously from the third millennium B.C.E. From the seventh through the sixteenth centuries, Rayy was an important political, scholarly, and artistic center of the early and medieval Islamic empires that ruled in the region. The city's strategic location also made it a nexus for trade. While the medieval city is no longer extant, Rayy's material culture illustrates the city's position as an economic, scientific, and literary cross-roads.
DescriptionBase sherd, buff clay, white slip with red and black decoration under rich yellow glaze.
Provenance1936, excavated at Rayy (Chal Turkhan, in present-day Iran), by the University Museum-M.F.A. Persian Expedition; 1939, assigned to the MFA as part of the division of excavated objects. (Accession Date: January 12, 1939)