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Blue and white Abbassid bowl from Basra
Unidentified Artist9th century
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
In shape, this is a shallow bowl with outward curving rim and a short foot. The buff-colored clay fabric is hidden by a coating of lead-fluxed, tin glaze that opacifies white upon firing. The decoration, in a rich, deep cobalt, consists of an irregular rosette with ten petals in the center and five scallops on the outward curving rim.
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- Title: Blue and white Abbassid bowl from Basra
- Creator: Unidentified Artist
- Creator Lifespan: 1/1
- Date: 9th century
- Technique: Overglazed
- Period: Abbasid period
- Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard Ettinghausen and in honor of Mary A. McWilliams
- Creation Place: Basra/Iraq/Middle East
- Type: Vessels
- External Link: Harvard Art Museums
- Medium: Earthenware with overglaze painting
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