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Fragmentlate 12th-early 13th century

Not on view
Ceramic vessel fragment with glossy glaze, decorated with a painted human face in reddish-brown, Arabic or Persian script band at top, and pale blue glaze at the broken lower edge

Unknown, Fragment, late 12th-early 13th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Fragment
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
late 12th-early 13th century
Medium
Fritware, overglaze luster-painted
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.332
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic

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