Fustat / Bowl fragment / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1969.02.0021
Object Name: Bowl fragment
Lot: The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pottery
Materials: Ceramic
Weight: 174.0g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Ceramic vessel fragment studded with gemlike motifs, resembling pearls and gemstones. Clay with stamped and applied decoration (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
Earliest Date: 1200
Latest Date: 1499
Verbatim Date: 13th - 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 Coins; Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
Class Instructor: Gruber, Christiane
Class Department: History of Art; HISTART
Class Number: 490; 490.001
Class Year: 2013; 2020
Class Semester: Fall; Winter
Type Category: Ceramic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1969.02.0021
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.02.0021/dsc_3570.jpg

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Full citation: "Fustat; Bowl fragment; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.02.0021/dsc_3570.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024.