Small Lobed Bowl, 9th–10th century, Possibly from Central Asia, Rock crystal; carved, relief-cut, 5 x 10 in. (12.7 x 25.4 cm), Stone, The famous scientist al-Biruni, writing in the early 11th century, reports that Basra (Bassora) in Iraq was a center of rock crystal manufacture. Also, no other centers of rock carving production have been identified for the early and the middle Islamic periods
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Small Lobed Bowl, 9th–10th century, Central Asia, Rock crystal, carved, relief-cut, 5 x 10, 12.7 25.4 cm, Stone, famous, scientist, al-Biruni, writing, early 11th, century, reports, Basra, Bassora, Iraq, center, rock, manufacture, no, centers, carving, production, identified, early, middle Islamic, periods
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