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Lusterware Bowl

9th century AD

British Museum

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

Ceramics, such as bowls, plates and jars, were a common commodity traded across the Indian Ocean or given as gifts. Ceramics break easily, so often broken sherds of pottery survive as evidence of past trade and connections. Complete vessels, like these however, are rare survivors.

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  • Title: Lusterware Bowl
  • Date Created: 9th century AD
  • Physical Dimensions: 8 x 28.5 cm
  • Subject Keywords: India & the World, IatW
  • Medium: Pottery
  • Province: Basra, Iraq
  • Collection: The British Museum
  • Accession no. : ME 1968,1015.1
British Museum

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