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Sphero-conical vessel10th-12th century

Not on view
Small ceramic vessel with an allover pattern of raised overlapping teardrop scales covering a bulbous body, topped with a smooth domed finial, in muted olive-gray.
Ceramic vessel with rounded, bulbous form and small offset neck, covered overall in an impressed scale or overlapping leaf pattern, unglazed gray stoneware with traces of reddish clay visible beneath.

Unknown, Sphero-conical vessel, 10th-12th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Sphero-conical vessel
Place Made
probably Egypt
Date Made
10th-12th century
Medium
Earthenware, molded
Dimensions
Height: 4 3/4 in. (12.06 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.126
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Townsend, Jen and Renée Zettle-Sterling. Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2017.