<em>Bowl with Kufic Calligraphy</em>, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in brown slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.8_PS2.jpg)

Bowl with Kufic Calligraphy

Medium: Ceramic; earthenware, painted in brown slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:10th century

Dimensions: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm) diameter: 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)

Collections:

Museum Location: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor

Exhibitions:

Accession Number: 86.227.8

Image: 86.227.8_PS2.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Large bowl with flaring sides. Ceramic, transparent colorless glaze, brown slip, white englobe, buff earthenware body. Huge Kufic characters form with center rosette the interior design, outside plain.

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