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Tell Minis Bowl with Vegetal Scroll - Syria - mid-12th century - MET - inventory number 66.37   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Tell Minis Bowl with Vegetal Scroll - Syria - mid-12th century - MET - inventory number 66.37
Description
ceramics
Date mid-12th century
Medium Stonepaste; luster-painted on transparent glaze
Dimensions H. 2 1/8 in. ( 5.4 cm) Diam. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Islamic Art, gallery 454 (Egypt and Syria, 10th–16th centuries)
Accession number
66.37
Place of creation Syria
Place of discovery Tell Minis
Credit line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. Safani, 1966
Notes

Ayyubid period ( 1169-1260)

Named after the find‑spot (Tell Minis) of a cache near Aleppo but produced at unidentified centers, this luster is characterized by a reddish hue because of its low silver content, perhaps due to a silver shortage.
References

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451851

Porter, Venetia, and Oliver Watson. "Tell Minis Wares." Syria and Iran: Three Studies in Medieval Ceramics, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, IV (1987). pp. 184-185, 231, ill. fig. A42 (b/w).

Ekhtiar, Maryam. "Shimmering Surfaces: Lustre Ceramics of the Islamic World." Arts of Asia vol. 42 (2012). p. 93, ill. fig. 8 (color).
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Source http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/is/original/sf66-37a.jpg
Author Metropolitan Museum of New York

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