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Bowl with three stylized birds among foliate scrolls
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bowl, globular and convex, on a footring. Grey-white body, inside covered with brown-grey slip, on which three stylized flying birds (feathers indicated by sgraffito lines) are modeled in relief in white slip, amidst vine and leaf motifs in white slip as relief. A similar band with leaf motifs along the upper edge. The whole covered with transparent colorless alkaline glaze. The outside is not covered with slip but only with a colorless transparent alkaline glaze, under which are cobalt-blue and black dots; a cobalt-blue letter mark followed by three black dots.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBowl with three stylized birds among foliate scrolls. c. 1275 - c. 1324. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.