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Bowl

late 12th–early 13th century
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl
  • Date: late 12th–early 13th century
  • Geography: Made in Syria, probably Damascus
  • Medium: Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze
  • Dimensions: H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
    Diam. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.165.2
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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