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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.
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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
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