VesselsSyrian10th-13th century

Sphero-conical vessel

10th-13th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Earthenware

Culture

Syrian

Period

Ayyubid period

Century

10th-13th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Harry J. Denberg, New York, NY (by 1969), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

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