Bowl with Geometric Rosette
Unknown
1100–1150 · Engraved slip ware:orange clay, cream slip, transparent yellowish glaze · Medieval Art
A compass was used for drawing decorative bands on pottery. The mark of the compass point is visible at the center of this bowl. Designs imitating metalwork patterns often closely resemble those in contemporary Islamic art, providing some indication of trade and export patterns during the middle Byzantine period.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1100–1150
- Medium
- Engraved slip ware:orange clay, cream slip, transparent yellowish glaze
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1994
