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Dishmid-12th century

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Ceramic lusterware dish viewed from above, with a stylized bird at center surrounded by concentric bands of Arabic or Persian script and geometric border decoration in olive green and copper tones
Ceramic dish on a low foot ring with wide flat rim, green and amber glaze with significant wear and crazing; interior decorated with radiating combed lines and a central band of cursive script in Arabic or Persian.

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

Title
Dish
Place Made
Syria
Date Made
mid-12th century
Medium
Fritware, overglaze luster-painted
Dimensions
Height: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Diameter: 12 3/4 in. (32.38 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.145
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic

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