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Filter10th-12th century

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Unglazed cream ceramic disk viewed from above, with radiating spoke-like ridges surrounding a central oval panel bearing raised Arabic or Persian script

Unknown, Filter, 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
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Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
10th-12th century
Medium
Earthenware, stamped, incised, and pierced
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.128
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic

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