Luster Bowl with Ibex
1000–1099
- Medium
- earthenware with luster-painted design
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.6 x 24.7 cm (3 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Egypt, Fustat (Old Cairo), Fatimid period (909–1171)
About
The expensive and unpredictable luster technique was transmitted by Iraqi potters to the more prosperous Fatimid court in Cairo where it flourished from around 1000 until about 1171.