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Bowl with scrolls and waving lines
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Bowl with scrolls and waving lines

anonymous · c. 1170 - c. 1199 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; glaze; earthenware; luster (textile); quartz

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Bowl of quartz fritware on a high foot decorated with geometric and floral motifs in luster on an opaque white tin-lead-alkali glaze background. On the inside a medallion divided into eight compartments with alternating wavy lines and leafy vines. The inner rim with a band of scrollwork in compartments. The outside is also divided into compartments filled with scrollwork.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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bowl
Credit lineBowl with scrolls and waving lines. c. 1170 - c. 1199. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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