Carlotta - the museum database

NM 0108/1926 :: fragment, sherd

Object description

Base-fragment of bowl with flat base and incurving wall, rim is squared off and slightly pinched at the lip. Thick dark green opacified glaze, moulded decoration. Decoration: Exterior surface only: relief moulded triangular compartments containing raised circles. Pale yellow "Samarra horizon" fabric.

Ware: Moulded glazed ware.

Data elements

Inventory number

NM 0108/1926

Serie nummer

18271

Object

fragment; sherd

Object, Swedish

fragment

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Place - Findspot

Fustat

Region - Findspot

Cairo Governorate

Material

Glazed pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik; Lera; Glaserat lergods

Description

Ware: Moulded glazed ware.

Name - Acquired from

Hobson, Robert Lockhart (1873 - 1941), curator

Description: Robert Lockhart Hobson (1873-1941) became responsible for the Far Eastern ceramics at the British Museum in 1921. His contribution to Qing ceramics scholarship was of great importance and included his entries in the catalogue of the George Eumorfopoulos collection published in 1927. (www.britishmuseum.org, 2010-07-08)
Source - http: www.britishmuseum.org, collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Name - Owner