Ewer
13th century
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Object Label
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.
Caption
Ewer, 13th century. Ceramic, fritware, 10 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (26 x 18.8 cm) Diameter at Mouth: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert B. Woodward, 06.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Title
Ewer
Date
13th century
Period
Ayyubid
Geography
Place made: Raqqa, Syria
Medium
Ceramic, fritware
Classification
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (26 x 18.8 cm) Diameter at Mouth: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert B. Woodward
Accession Number
06.3
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