Fustat / pierced strainer / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier
1971.01.0022
Object Name
pierced strainer
Object Type
Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
Weight
121.0g
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Water filter with geometric pattern. The pierced holes of this ceramic water filter create a star-shaped geometric pattern. Hand-tooled and pierced clay (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
Subjects
Geometric pattern
Verbatim Date
probably 13th - 14th C AD
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Verbatim Site
Fustat
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
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
Gruber, Christiane
Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year
2016
Publication Title
Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
Publication Author
Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
Publication Year
2014
Type Category
Ceramic

Technical Details

Image Size
3826 x 3239
File Size
570 KB
Record
1971.01.0022
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.01.0022/1971_01_0022p01.tif

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"Fustat; pierced strainer; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.01.0022/1971_01_0022p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024.
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