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Tell Minis bowl
Copenhagen, Denmark
The David Collection
About The David Collection, Copenhagen
Hegira c. 545 / AD c. 1150
Inv.no. Isl 195
Fritware, decorated with luster over an opaque, white glaze. Tell Minis type
Atabeg
Syria
Like its Fatimid, Egyptian models, Syrian Tell Minis pottery was experimental. It comprised tin-glazed earthenware, fritware with an opaque, white glaze, and fritware under a clear glaze that let the ware’s pale-pink color shine through.
The frontally positioned Mediterranean figure and splendid palmettes also point the way to Fatimid lusterware.
"Tell Minis bowl" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;30;en
MWNF Working Number: DN 30
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