Maker:
Unknown; potter
Collection:
Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Category:
earthenware
Name(s):
fragment
Islamic pottery; category
unglazed filter
Date:
circa 900 — circa 1199
Period:
10th-12th century
Description:
earthenware, wheel thrown body with a hand carved filter in the neck
Production
Place:
North Africa, Egypt
Find Spot:
Fustat
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 4.9, cm
width, whole, 7.3, cm
Acquisition Credit:
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Documentation:
Watson, Oliver. 2004. Ceramics from Islamic Lands.London: Thames & Hudson
Cf. similar filters see Cat. Ae.1 (pp. 132-3)
Accession:
Object Number: C.4.32-1919
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 74844; input: 2002-11-20; modified: 2012-10-04)
Permanent
Identifier:
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