Fustat / Bowl fragment / Ceramic / Glaze
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1969.02.0006
- Object Name
- Bowl fragment
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Design Style
- Sgraffito
- Weight
- 131.2g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Vessel fragment with cupbearer blazon. This sherd has two official symbols: the cup and the napkin, the latter represented by a pale ochre diamond shape. The napkin is the symbol of the master of the imperial wardrobe and the cup is the symbol of the royal cupbearer. Glazed ceramic (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
- Subjects
- Chalice
- Earliest Date
- 1300
- Latest Date
- 1499
- Verbatim Date
- 14th - 15th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fustat
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Gruber, Christiane
- Publication Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
- Publication Author
- Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Class Title
- Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
- Visual Culture Islam (F2022)
- Art and Architecture of the Mediterranean World (Fall 2023)
- The Mediterranean (W2024)
- Class Instructor
- Gruber, Christiane
- Göloğlu, Sabiha
- Selcer, Perrin
- Esener, Bihter
- Class Department
- HISTART
- HISTORY
- Class Number
- 490.001
- 285
- 197.002
- 253
- Class Year
- 2020
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Fall
- Type Category
- Ceramic
Technical Details
- Record
- 1969.02.0006
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.02.0006/dsc_3564.jpg
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- Full citation
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"Fustat; Bowl fragment; Ceramic; Glaze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.02.0006/dsc_3564.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
