Base Sherd

Rim Sherd

29-140-729

From: Egypt | Fostat

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number 29-140-729
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic
Provenience Egypt | Fostat
Date Made 700-1299 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Glaze
Description

Glazed ceramic. About 40% of bowl preserved; glaze and incision. (See card for drawing.)

Cream glaze over smooth red clay; overglaze painting in brown and green over incised linear design.

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

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