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Luster Bowl with Ibex
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The expensive and unpredictable luster technique was transmitted by Iraqi potters to the more prosperous Fatimid court in Cairo where it flourished from around 1000 until about 1171.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLuster Bowl with Ibex, 1000s. Egypt, Fustat (Old Cairo), Fatimid period (909–1171). Earthenware with luster-painted design; overall: 9.6 x 24.7 cm (3 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.477
