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Small Vase

Arts of the Islamic World

On View: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
Wasters, or ceramic products damaged during the firing process and therefore discarded as waste near the original kilns. Excavations by the Ottoman Imperial Museum in 1906 and 1908, by chance conducted near the thirteenth-century kilns, most likely exposed the buried wasters.
MEDIUM Ceramic, fritware
  • Place Made: Raqqa, Syria
  • DATES 13th century
    PERIOD Ayyubid
    DIMENSIONS 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (12 x 12 x 10.8 cm) Diameter at mouth: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm) Thickness of rim: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)  (show scale)
    ACCESSION NUMBER 36.944
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1936, provenance not yet documented; by 1936, acquired by Frederic B. Pratt and Caroline Ames Ladd Pratt (Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt); 1936, gift of Frederic B. Pratt and Caroline Ames Ladd Pratt to the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CAPTION Small Vase, 13th century. Ceramic, fritware, 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (12 x 12 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, 36.944. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 36.944_view01_PS9.jpg)
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     <em>Small Vase</em>, 13th century. Ceramic, fritware, 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (12 x 12 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, 36.944. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 36.944_view01_PS9.jpg)