Base Sherd

29-140-625

From: Egypt | Fostat

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-140-625
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic
Provenience Egypt | Fostat
Date Made 700-1299 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Glaze
Description

Glazed ceramic. Glaze & incision. (See card for drawing.)

Dark green glaze over reddish clay. Intricate design scratched into moist clay with point of stylus.

Stem of bowl has brush strokes of red-brown color brushed on mustard glaze.

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

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