Bowl with Knotted Dragons, 12th century, Attributed to Syria, Raqqa, Stonepaste; underglaze-painted, transparent turquoise glaze, Diam. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm); , Ceramics, This bowl shows an aspect of ceramics produced in twelfth-century Syria and the Jazira that proved unappealing to early twentieth-century collectors. While the painted design is exquisite, the whitening of the alkaline glaze when it was buried rendered the imagery almost illegible
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Bowl, Knotted Dragons, 12th century, Attributed, Syria, Raqqa, Stonepaste, underglaze-painted, transparent turquoise glaze, Diam, 10 3/8, 26.4 cm, Ceramics, bowl, aspect, ceramics produced, twelfth-century Syria, Jazira, proved unappealing, early twentieth-century, collectors, painted design, exquisite, whitening, alkaline, buried rendered, imagery almost, illegible
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