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Thai
Earthenware Bowl with Incised Design and Burnished Surface
9500 BCE
Museum purchase
2004/1.346
This Qajar plate is intricately decorated with negative incised floral designs on concentric brown bands which encircle the center and rim. The paste is a gray-white with a glossy glaze applied.The concentric bands alternate between purple-brown and green-white. The plate is signed on the bottom exterior: Hussayn Muhammad, 1286.<br /><br /><br />
This plate is a representative example of the pottery associated with the town of Nayin in the 19th century. It is made of white paste covered with a brown slip around the inside rim. Through the slip, a floral design has been incised and a dull transparent glaze has been applied. Some other examples are more elaborately decorated with bouquets of flowers or lengthy inscriptions in the center portion of the interior.<br />
 
Iranian (Iranian)
Plate
1852 – 1853
Museum Purchase
1957/1.97
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