Ceramic Fragment
Unknown Artist
14th–15th century
Medium
Earthenware; incised decoration through white slip and coloring under transparent glaze.
Classification
Ceramics
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1913
Accession Number
13.190.99
Art Historical Context
This exquisite *Ceramic Fragment* from the 14th–15th century offers a glimpse into the refined world of Islamic ceramics, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Islamic Art Department. Acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1913, this earthenware piece exemplifies the technical mastery of anonymous artisans during a golden age of pottery production across the Islamic world, where such objects adorned homes, mosques, and palaces. The fragment's beauty lies in its sophisticated technique: incised decoration carved through a white slip layer, revealing the underlying clay, with added coloring s...