Fragment

Art Historical Context

This delicate earthenware fragment, dating to the 9th–10th, offers a glimpse into the vibrant of early Islamic ceramics. Crafted during the Abbasid Caliph's golden age, when Baghdad was a hub of innovation and cultural exchange, such pieces were everyday vessels transformed into art through skilled painted decoration. Though incomplete, it exemplifies the technical prowess of potters who applied pigments—often in shades of blue, green, and manganese purple—directly onto the unfired clay before glazing and firing, creating durable, luminous surfaces. In the Department of Islamic Art at The Met...