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NEP118

From: Iran | Karagan

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number NEP118
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Karagan
Date Made 1100-1199
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Technique Glazed
Iconography Inscription | Gazelle | Flower
Inscription Language Cufic
Description

Deep shape, 3 ft., copper lusre gazelle and flowers on white ground. Exterior ornate Cufic inscription. 12th century.

“Exterior and interior decorated in luster over opaque white glaze. Exterior bears Arabic inscription in ornate squared script.”

Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1915
Other Number 407 - Other Number | Getz 301 - Other Number

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