Islamic fritware bowl

An image of Islamic pottery. Bowl. Unknown potter, Syria, probably Raqqa. Shape: bi-conical bowl on a narrow, high foot ring. Interior: on the rim a concentric band, on the body a band of cursive script is painted on a dotted, crossed background. In the roundel a filler pattern is visible but the remainder obscured by sherds, which have fallen in the bowl from another vessel, during firing. Exterior: at a mid point on the body a thin black line is painted. Glaze runs over the surface, pooling at the carination, the remainder is coated with a thinner glaze. Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black under a crazed, turquoise glaze, height, whole, 9 cm, diameter, rim, 19.5 cm, diameter, base, 7 cm, weight, whole, 345 g, circa 1200- circa 1250. Ayyubid.

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Islamic pottery. Bowl. Unknown potter, Syria, probably Raqqa. Shape: bi-conical bowl on a narrow, high foot ring. Interior: on the rim a concentric band, on the body a band of cursive script is painted on a dotted, crossed background. In the roundel a filler pattern is visible but the remainder obscured by sherds, which have fallen in the bowl from another vessel, during firing. Exterior: at a mid point on the body a thin black line is painted. Glaze runs over the surface, pooling at the carination, the remainder is coated with a thinner glaze. Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black under a crazed, turquoise glaze, height, whole, 9 cm, diameter, rim, 19.5 cm, diameter, base, 7 cm, weight, whole, 345 g, circa 1200- circa 1250. Ayyubid.

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Accession Number: C.22-1934
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Captured: 2014:05:16 14:50:34

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13th Century Ayyubid Dynasty blue bowl Fitz_AA frit fritware glazed Islamic pottery Raqqa stonepaste Syria Syrian thrown Turkish turquoise underglaze wheel thrown

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