SYRIA, SECOND HALF 13TH CENTURY
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A RAQQA POTTERY BOWL
SYRIA, SECOND HALF 13TH CENTURY
With conical base flaring from the short foot and rising through a rounded shoulder to the slightly inverted vertical neck with everted lip, four loop handles linking the shoulder and lip, the exterior painted with a band of simulated calligraphy around the neck, the shoulder with a band of dotted motifs, both between plain black bands, the whole vessel covered with a turquoise glaze, restored small hole, traces of another vessel fused to the interior in the firing process, very slight iridescence
6¼in. (16cm.) diam.
SYRIA, SECOND HALF 13TH CENTURY
With conical base flaring from the short foot and rising through a rounded shoulder to the slightly inverted vertical neck with everted lip, four loop handles linking the shoulder and lip, the exterior painted with a band of simulated calligraphy around the neck, the shoulder with a band of dotted motifs, both between plain black bands, the whole vessel covered with a turquoise glaze, restored small hole, traces of another vessel fused to the interior in the firing process, very slight iridescence
6¼in. (16cm.) diam.