Fragment of a Bowl
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, 1908
Accession Number
08.256.217
Art Historical Context
This exquisite fragment of a bowl, dating to the 14th–15th century, hails from the vibrant world of Islamic, where pottery was both a daily necessity and a canvas for artistic expression.ed from earthenware, it showcases the sophisticated technique of incised decoration artisans applied a white slip over the clay body, then scratched through it to reveal the reddish earthenware beneath, adding colored accents before firing under a transparent glaze. This sgraffito method, popular in regions like Persia, Syria, and Anatolia during the medieval Islamic golden age, allowed for intricate patterns ...