Filter for a Water Jar10th-12th century

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Title: Filter for a Water Jar
Place Made: Egypt
Date Made: 10th-12th century
Medium: Earthenware, carved, incised, and pierced
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/16 in. (5.24 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.129
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: Given their fragility, few unglazed ceramic water vessels produced in Fatimid Egypt survive intact. However, numerous disk-shaped filters, traditionally attached to the rim of the vessel, are extant. Serving the practical purpose of keeping the water clear of insects and debris, some of these filters are elaborately designed, featuring calligraphy or figural motifs. In this example, a fish swims through rolling water, a witty reference to the function of the vessel itself.
Selected Bibliography: Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.
Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.

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Title: Filter for a Water Jar
Place Made: Egypt
Date Made: 10th-12th century
Medium: Earthenware, carved, incised, and pierced
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/16 in. (5.24 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.129
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: Given their fragility, few unglazed ceramic water vessels produced in Fatimid Egypt survive intact. However, numerous disk-shaped filters, traditionally attached to the rim of the vessel, are extant. Serving the practical purpose of keeping the water clear of insects and debris, some of these filters are elaborately designed, featuring calligraphy or figural motifs. In this example, a fish swims through rolling water, a witty reference to the function of the vessel itself.
Selected Bibliography: Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.
Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.