Bowl

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 454

This bowl represents another innovation that coincided with the Syrian adoption of stonepaste: the application of pigment oxides directly on ceramic bodies before coating with transparent glaze. Often painted in radial designs, the colors included chromium black, copper turquoise, cobalt blue, and iron oxide red. Recent analysis suggests the main production center for this ware was Damascus.

Bowl, Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze

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