Maker(s) &
Production:
Unknown, potter, North Africa, Egypt, Fustat
Collection:
Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Category:
earthenware
Name(s):
fragment
Islamic pottery; category
sgraffito
Date:
circa 1300 — circa 1399
School/Style:
Mamluk
Period:
14th Century
Description:
earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip incised under a green glaze enhanced with brown pigment. An amber glaze covers the exterior.
Find Spot:
Fustat, Egypt
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 6, cm
width, whole, 13.7, cm
diameter, base, 7.5, cm
weight, whole, 283, g
Acquisition:
given; 1919; The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Acquisition Credit:
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Documentation:
Watson, Oliver. 2004. Ceramics from Islamic Lands.London: Thames & Hudson
Cf. similar design, except for different colouring, see Cat. R.21 (LNS 964 C a, p. 414). Ref.
Walker, Bethany J.. Ceramic Evidence for Political Transformations in Early Mamluk Egypt.
Source Title: Mamluk Studies Review 8 1 (2004) : 1-114
Ref.
Accession:
Object Number: C.4.19-1919
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 74812; input: 2002-11-20; modified: 2012-10-05)
Permanent
Identifier:
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