Underglaze-painted bowl fragment (base sherd)
Medium:Ceramic (stonepaste) with chromium-black, cobalt-blue and iron-red underglaze paint and a clear alkali glaze
Geography: Made in Damascus, Syria, found at al-Fustāt, Egypt
Date: c. 1150-1200 AD
Period: Ayyubid Period
Dimensions:2.3 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm
Object number: 988.117.35
Credit Line: Division of excavated material granted to the Royal Ontario Museum by the American Research Centre in Egypt, in appreciation of the contribution given to excavations conducted at Fustat, near Cairo, by George Scanlon.