Bowl
The stag has been created by carving away the background, leaving the raised outlines and grooves of the design to control the running of the colored glazes during firing. This ware, called lakabi, often utilizes designs of single animals placed centrally.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl
- Date: second half 12th century
- Geography: Made in Syria
- Medium: Stonepaste; incised and underglaze painted under transparent colorless glaze (so-called lakabi ware)
- Dimensions: H. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Diam. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm) - Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929
- Object Number: 29.160.15
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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