Maker(s) &
Production:
Unknown, potter, North Africa, Egypt, Fustat
Collection:
Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Category:
fritware (stonepaste)
Name(s):
fragment
Islamic pottery; category
lustre ware; category
Date:
circa 1000 — circa 1099
School/Style:
Fatimid
Period:
11th Century
Description:
fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre
Find Spot:
Fustat, Egypt
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 lustre sherds see Cat.Ja.8, LNS 976 Cj, LNS 976Ci (p. 281). Ref. on Fatimid lustre (pp. 272-283)
Accession:
Object Number: C.4.43-1919
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 74868; input: 2002-11-20; modified: 2012-10-05)
Permanent
Identifier:
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