Bowl with Interior Geometric Decoration
The geometric decoration on this bowl is also found on pottery from Nubia and represents the ways in which objects and visual ideas from throughout Egypt and Africa made their way to Kharga. The pigment, however, was likely from a local source of red-ochre, which suggest that the bowl was made by a pottery workshop in the Western Desert.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl with Interior Geometric Decoration
- Date: 4th–7th century
- Geography: Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt
- Culture: Coptic
- Medium: Earthenware, slip decoration
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 3/16 x 11 1/4 in. (13.2 x 28.6 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.10.20.177
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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