Base Sherd

29-140-402

From: Egypt | Fostat

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number 29-140-402
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic
Provenience Egypt | Fostat
Date Made 700-1299 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Glaze
Description

Glazed ceramic. (See card for drawing.)

Blue glaze over white glaze, design painted on in black slip. Exterior of bowl, blue over white, remnants of black slip decor. Red clay base.

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

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