Caption

Shallow bowl with a rounded rim, inversely trapezoidal, parted walls, and a flat bottom. Pink kaolin ceramic mass Gempler IA with yellow, even surfaces. Decoration painted in red: a circumferential band on the rim and a central composition on the interior, bounded by three parallel circumferential bands midway up the wall. Central eight-pointed rosette motif of alternating long and short lines, each ending with a geometric flower in the form of an oval filled with intersecting lines. Painted Coptic/Nubian-style vessel, 8th–9th century, from Edfu. Vessel bowl; height 3.2 cm; diameter 16 cm rim, 6.4 cm base. Maker/place of origin: unknown Aswan workshop. Materials: kaolin clay; painted ceramic., A fragment of pottery with a tan base and reddish-brown painted decoration sits against a smooth gray background. The pottery shard shows a curved rim with a few concentric reddish-brown bands and a painted central motif consisting of intersecting lines and four petal-like shapes in the same reddish-brown color. The exposed clay edge is a slightly darker tan with some rough texture.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A19_080

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Keywords

Shallow bowl rounded rim inversely trapezoidal parted walls flat bottom Pink kaolin ceramic mass Gempler IA yellow even surfaces Decoration painted red circumferential band rim central composition interior bounded three parallel circumferential bands midway up wall Central eight-pointed rosette motif alternating long short lines ending geometric flower form oval filled intersecting lines Painted Coptic Nubian-style vessel 8th–9th century Edfu Vessel bowl height 3.2 cm diameter 16 cm rim 6.4 cm base Maker place origin unknown Aswan workshop Materials kaolin clay painted ceramic fragment pottery tan base reddish-brown painted decoration sits smooth gray background pottery shard curved rim concentric reddish-brown bands painted central motif consisting four petal- shapes reddish-brown color exposed clay edge slightly darker tan rough texture.