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Bowl

Date:: 9th–10th century
Geography:: Iran, Nishapur
Medium:: Earthenware; white slip, incised and splashed with polychrome glazes under transparent glaze (sgraffito ware)
Dimensions:: H. 3 1/8 in (7.9 cm) Diam. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1938
Accession Number:: 38.40.104

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Provenance

1937, excavated at Village Tepe in Nishapur, Iran by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's expedition; 1938, acquired by the Museum in the division of finds
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Ceramics (29,330)

Clay (23,631)

Pottery (12,858)

Earthenware (6,695)

Glaze (5,162)

Bowls (5,013)

Slip (1,253)

Sgraffito (110)
Where
Asia (68,072)

Iran (7,076)

Khurasan (2,259)

Nishapur (2,229)
When
A.D. 500-1000 (6,679)
In the Museum
Islamic Art (12,561)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Iran, 500–1000 A.D.
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