National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Bowl With Vegetal Decoration
Period: Mamluk
Material: Frit
Site: Bet She'an
Height: 11 cm
Diameter: 23 cm
Description: A conical bowl with a ring base. The bowl was made from an artificial soft paste often called faience or frit. The decoration consists of triangular shaped registers, developing from the center and having stylized and coniferous leaves in black and blue color under transparent colorless glaze. The bowl is dated between the end of the 14th through the 15th century. Faience is a mixture of crushed quartz with white clay and glass frit. It was invented at the beginning of the 12th century, and it's considered a turning point in the production of fine tableware within the Islamic culture.
Bibliography:
Avissar, M. and Stern, E. D. 2008. Pottery of the Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamluk Periods in Israel. Jerusalem, 25-33, Fig. 12:4.

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Bowl With Vegetal Decoration  
Photographer :Clara Amit

Bowl With Vegetal Decoration  
Photographer :Clara Amit





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