Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0389-0062 | |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Persian | |
| Global Region | Southwest Asia | |
| Country | Iran | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Site: Rayy (Rages, Rhages) or Gabree-Tehran? | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 8th or 13th century? | |
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Clay; Glaze | |
| Description | Round wheel-thrown bowl on short footed base with rounded, flaring sides that rise to a straight rim with rounded lip; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and a pronounced depressed band encircles the exterior bowl at mid-level height; Design on interior consists of encircling band on upper sides, along which a continuous scroll motif has been lightly incised and the background spaces hachured; An incised circle in the center of the bowl has been marked with series of lines that radiate out from center like spokes of a wheel; Designs were either carved first and then covered with a glaze that fired to an off-white color, or the glaze was applied first and then the designs were rendered in a sgraffito technique; Rim of bowl is coated with glaze that fired to dark green. [From original accession files: "note on tape: 'Persian, 8th century, Gabree-Tehran'... Persian, 13th century, ?Rayy" (sic).] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.2, Max Diam = 18.8 | |