Lusterware Plate with Bird Motif

11th century (Medieval)

24.5 cm 6.7 cm

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Decorative lusterware was popular during the Fatimid Period (910-1171). The most important production place was in the cultural center of al-Fustad near the Fatimid capital al-Qahira (Cairo). This plate displays a typical motif of this time period: a bird in a central roundel...

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20558
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Estate of D.G. Kelekian [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1951, by purchase.
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