A LARGE RAQQA POTTERY BOWL Raqqa, Syria, 13th-14th century
A LARGE RAQQA POTTERY BOWL
Raqqa, Syria, 13th-14th century
Fritware body, resting on a disc foot, painted in black beneath a turquoise glaze.
31.2cm diameter, 13.7cm high
Raqqa, situated on the Euphrates in present-day Syria, first flourished under Islam in the Abbasid period, when it became a residence of the caliph Harun al-Rashid. The city experienced a revival in the late 12th and early 13th centuries before being destroyed in 1265; after centuries of relative obscurity, it attracted renewed Western interest in the late 19th century amid growing fascination with the Islamic world.
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The collection of Georges Antaki.
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A LARGE RAQQA POTTERY BOWL
Raqqa, Syria, 13th-14th century
Fritware body, resting on a disc foot, painted in black beneath a turquoise glaze.
31.2cm diameter, 13.7cm high
Raqqa, situated on the Euphrates in present-day Syria, first flourished under Islam in the Abbasid period, when it became a residence of the caliph Harun al-Rashid. The city experienced a revival in the late 12th and early 13th centuries before being destroyed in 1265; after centuries of relative obscurity, it attracted renewed Western interest in the late 19th century amid growing fascination with the Islamic world.
Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.
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Time, Location
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