• latw-230-1
    Fragments of Islamic pottery, Nos. 228-232. No. 230: Dark glaze sgraffito bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Dark glaze sgraffito bowl

Date
Probably fourteenth or fifteenth century AD, Islamic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
Uninv. PN 09/vii/62 (IP 72)
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Bowl
Pottery Ware
Sgraffito Ware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PN
Description
Largely complete high-footed small bowl. Earthenware darkened from reducing atmosphere in kiln or accidental burning. Slip now dark grey. Inside, incised patterns: from center, a six-armed cross with double half rosettes between arms, all inscribed within two concentric circles; outside the circles, pairs of curved lines to right and left forming arches, with a double half rosette inside and outside each arch; just inside the rim, a pair of rings. Outside, a wave pattern; below, just above the foot, a pair of rings. The bowl is fully glazed and slipped both inside and outside except for the foot ring. Glaze colors are indeterminate; in the present condition they appear dark green and black. Remains of separator burned into center of bowl interior. Diameter of rim 15.2 cm; diameter of foot 6.7 cm, height 7.1 cm.
Comments
From Sardis, excavation sector PN.
See Also
Bibliography
H. Crane, unpublished catalog of Islamic pottery at Sardis (1975), no. IP 72.
Author
CHG