Four Polychrome Slip Painted Bowls, 9th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; red slip with polychrome slip

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Four Polychrome Slip Painted Bowls, 9th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; red slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze, H. 1 5/8 in. ( cm), Ceramics, Bowls made with slips (diluted clay) with wholly local designs were made throughout the area surrounding Nishapur. These slip wares are easily distinguished from the ceramics produced in the rest of the Abbasid Empire to which Nishapur belonged, and bear no relation to the popular Chinese-style ceramics also produced in Nishapur

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Size: 4560px × 4069px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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