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Bowl with an inscription and foliate scrolls
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Bowl with an inscription and foliate scrolls

anonymous · c. 1200 - c. 1220 · turning; vitrification; paint; engraving; fired; glaze; earthenware; luster (textile); quartz

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

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Bowl with a slightly flaring then inward-sloping rim of reddish-grey quartz-fritware, painted on the inside in luster on the glaze with a fine pattern of palmettes and scrolling and a band with an incised Arabic/Persian text. Under the decoration a torpedo-shaped blue spot, a downward-running drop.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
bowl
Credit lineBowl with an inscription and foliate scrolls. c. 1200 - c. 1220. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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