Bowl with Face
The small slipware bowl, meant for domestic use, shows the face of an unidentified, bearded man on its interior. The work is typical of Byzantine slipware where the red clay body of a vessel was covered with slip (liquid clay) that was then cut away, or incised with lines, to create an image. Here the slip was cut away to form the outline of the triangular face with its staring eyes, beard and other details incised in the remaining slip.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl with Face
- Date: 10th–13th century
- Culture: Byzantine
- Medium: Earthenware, glazed and sgraffito
- Dimensions: 2 7/16 × 4 5/16 in. (6.2 × 11 cm)
Other (Diameter of foot): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm) - Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, in loving memory of her husband, Professor Maan Z. Madina, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.913.1
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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