Photo of collection object Jug — Jug, 13th century. Ceramic, fritware, 6 3/8 x 4 15/16 in. (16.2 x 12.5 cm) Diameter at mouth: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm). Museum Collection Fund, 08.24. Creative Commons-BY.

Jug

13th century

Maker Unknown

Arts of the Islamic World

Wasters, or ceramic products damaged during the firing process and therefore discarded as waste near the original kilns. Excavations by the Ottoman Imperial Museum in 1906 and 1908, by chance conducted near the thirteenth-century kilns, most likely exposed the buried wasters.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Ceramic
Formatted Medium: Ceramic, fritware
Medium: ceramic, fritware
Locations: Place made: Raqqa, Syria
Period: Ayyubid
Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 4 15/16 in. (16.2 x 12.5 cm) Diameter at mouth: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
Departments: Arts of the Islamic World
Accession Number: 08.24
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Exhibitions: Syria, Then and Now: Stories from Refugees a Century Apart, Arts of the Islamic World
Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
Museum Location: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
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