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Tayfour (concave dish)
(الطيفور صحن مقعّر)

Title	Tayfour (concave dish)
Title Original	الطيفور صحن مقعّر
Publication Place	- Mertola City Museum
Subject	Glazed earthenware made of yellowish paste, lightly pressed with a speed wheel, fired in an oxidized setting, and decorated using the cuerda seca method.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	قطر الفوهة: 25 سم؛ قطر القاعدة: 10, 3سم؛ العلو: 8 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CR/CS/0035
Record ID	object;ISL;pt;Mus01;6;ar
Library Location	Mertola City Museum
Notes	Specter with a circular mouth, rounded columnar edges, a conical trunk, a low hull, and a base with a skewed annular shank. The exterior is covered with a monochromatic honey glaze and decorated with cuerda seca, in shades of white, green and honey separated from each other by manganese lines. The decorative theme consists of the word “baraka” written in Kufic script, surrounded by a frieze of palmettes that runs along the edges of the plate. Restored piece.
Sample Text	Susana Gómez Martínez “Taifur (concave dish)” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pt;Mus01;6;ar

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Tayfour (concave dish)

(الطيفور صحن مقعّر)

Publication Place - Mertola City Museum

Subject Glazed earthenware made of yellowish paste, lightly pressed with a speed wheel, fired in an oxidized setting, and decorated using the cuerda seca method.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions قطر الفوهة: 25 سم؛ قطر القاعدة: 10, 3سم؛ العلو: 8 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CR/CS/0035

Record ID object;ISL;pt;Mus01;6;ar

Library Location Mertola City Museum

Notes Specter with a circular mouth, rounded columnar edges, a conical trunk, a low hull, and a base with a skewed annular shank. The exterior is covered with a monochromatic honey glaze and decorated with cuerda seca, in shades of white, green and honey separated from each other by manganese lines. The decorative theme consists of the word “baraka” written in Kufic script, surrounded by a frieze of palmettes that runs along the edges of the plate. Restored piece.

Sample Text Susana Gómez Martínez “Taifur (concave dish)” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pt;Mus01;6;ar