Fustat / Bowl base fragment / Glaze / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1968.03.0052
Object Name: Bowl base fragment
Lot: The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pottery
Materials: Glaze; Clay (unfired)
Design Style: Imitation Celadon ware
Weight: 278.2g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Base of a bowl decorated with two fish. With its fish molded in relief and greenish glaze, this fragment mimics Chinese celadon wares. Glazed ceramic (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
Verbatim Date: 14th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fustat
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Islamic Art from the University of Michigan Collections; Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit); Case 22 - Michigan Excavations BR Drawer Fustat: Excavations in Early Islamic Egypt
Exhibition Curator: Soucek, Priscilla Parsons; Gruber, Christiane; Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year: 2016
Publication Title: Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan; Islamic Art from the University of Michigan Collections
Publication Author: Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley; Soucek, P.
Publication Year: 2014; 1978
Class Title: Working With Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, And Coins
Class Instructor: Gruber, Christiane
Class Department: History of Art
Class Number: 490
Class Year: 2013
Class Semester: Fall
Type Category: Ceramic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1968.03.0052
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1968.03.0052/dsc_3553.jpg

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