Dish
Unknown Artist
Dish decorated with a banquet scene and inscribed Kufic good wishes. The scenes of courtly life, with courtiers enjoying themselves, playing music or taming wild beasts, are common on lustre pottery of the Fatimid period. Egypt, 11th c.
11th c.
Clay
0.39m
GE 11120
Image and text courtesy of Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, 2022
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