1981.104.1-5: Five Lead Glaze Pottery Sherds
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1981.104.1-5
- Title
- Five Lead Glaze Pottery Sherds
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- 9th-11th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt, Fustat
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/329948
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Lead glaze
- Dimensions
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(1) 9.3 x 12.6 x 4.4 cm; (2) 13.3 x 7.2 cm; (3) 11.5 x 10.2 cm;
(4) 7.8 x 6.5 cm; (5) 13.8 x 8.4 cm
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Oleg Grabar
- Accession Year
- 1981
- Object Number
- 1981.104.1-5
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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1. Fine sherd with orange body, clear glaze with green and dark brown streaks, flat base.
2. Sherd with clear glaze with green and dark brown streaks, flat base.
3. Early lead glaze, green and yellow glaze on white slip, stripe and checker design.
4. Sgraffito ware sherd, honey glaze with few lines sgraffito decoration, part of wall of vessel.
5. Underglaze painted ware sherd, yellow, green/black on white slip with clear glaze.
Verification Level
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