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Description:

Glazed pottery jar; exterior covered with turquoise blue glaze.

Object type:

jar

Museum number:

1904,0706.2

Culture/period:

Fatimid dynasty

Date:

11thC-12thC

Production place:

Made in: Egypt

Materials:

pottery

Technique:

glazed

Dimensions:

Height: 17.40 cm Width: 12.50 cm Depth: 12.50 cm

Location:

6

Acquisition names:

Purchased from: Henry Wallis

Acquisition date:

1904

Curator's comments:

On this type of pottery ("Fustat Fatimid sgraffito"): U. Bongianino, "«And their figures and colours should be different»: Incised and carved glazed wares from Fatimid Fusṭāṭ in the Martin Collection (International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza)", Faenza 100 (2014) no.2, p.28-48; 101 (2015) no.2, p.8-31; 103 (2017) no.1, p.9-25