Plate

Place of OriginMorocco

Date18th-19th century

Dimensions2 13/16 × 13 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (7.1 × 34.1 × 16.5 cm)

Mediumglazed earthenware

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott

Object number

1912.502

Not on View

DescriptionWheel-thrown earthenware.

Published ReferencesTurner, Howard R., Science in Medieval Islam: An Illustrated Introduction, Austin, 1997, p. 58, fig. 5-6c.Exhibition HistoryHouston, Museum of Natural Science; San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute; Washington, National Museum of Natural History; Brooklyn Museum, The Heritage of Islam, 1982-1984 (included in the brochure for this exhibition, illus. no. 5).Comparative ReferencesSee also Boukobza, André, Poteries et Céramiques Moroccaines, Casablanca, Alpha Books, (n.d.) see esp. pls. 18-20, pp. 85-87.