Large dish
10th-11th century
Description
Large circular dish with sides curving inward to a short footring; molded decoration in relief of flowers, leaves, and bees on the interior; pinkish buff earthenware coated with a white slip before the application of iron-brown and copper-green lead-fluxed glazes on selected areas, the exterior with a translucent pale green lead-fluxed glaze stopping short of the footring.
Dimensions
H. 5.7 x Diam. 27.3 cm (2 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, September 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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