Green Glazed Bowl with Incised Decoration

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9th century · Earthenware; white slip, incised under transparent green glaze · Islamic Art

A very unusual object in the Nishapur finds, the decoration of this bowl was decorated made by scratching a design into white slip and then dipping the vessel into a transparent green glaze. The production of this bowl cannot be attributed with certainty to a specific location.

Artist

Unknown

Date

9th century

Medium

Earthenware; white slip, incised under transparent green glaze

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1938