Plate, 10th–11th century
Iran or Afghanistan
Earthenware, incised and glazed
Technical Glossary
Iran or Afghanistan
Earthenware, incised and glazed
Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art and Rogers Fund, 1993 (1993.24)
Pottery decorated with incised designs and splashed colored glazes was popular in most areas of the Islamic world. This plate belongs to a group of ceramics reportedly found at the site of Shahr-i Ghulghula at Bamiyan in Afghanistan. While these works are usually described as "Bamiyan," there is no archaeological evidence that they were produced there.
