Author
Probably Saad.
Author Original
من المحتمل سعد
Publication Date
Circa 427-87/1035-94
Publication Place
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Subject
Glazed and glazed ceramic.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 9.8 سم؛ القطر: 22.1 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
C.49–1952
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus02;3;ar
Library Location
Victoria and Albert Museum
Date
Circa 427-87/1035-94
Notes
A bowl on a high ring base, colored with metallic luster paint on soft white clay. The interior is decorated with a clear drawing of a person wearing a robe and a turban, believed to be a Coptic priest, carrying a lamp or incense burner. Next to him is an element usually believed to be a Cypriot tree. Other times it is interpreted as the Key of Life Cross, an Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol used by the Copts for Christian connotations. The priest's robe, lamp, and tree are decorated with thin white lines incised on the metallic luster paint to create spirals and other shapes. On the outside of the bowl, the word Saad is written twice in Kufic script. It is strange that the word is written backwards, meaning that it begins with the last letter. It is not clear whether the word indicates good luck or is the name of a specific craftsman or workshop. It appears on a group of Fatimid ceramics over several decades during the rule of Caliph Al-Mustansir (427-87 / 1035-94).
Sample Text
Barry Wood "Bowl" inDiscover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus02;3;ar
