Tankard

Description

Ground quartz and clay paste tankard painted black under a transparent turquoise alkaline glaze and showing a band of arabesque foliage roundels: Syria, Rakka type, late 12th - early 13th century

Museum reference

A.1976.341

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tankard

Production information

Syria, West Asia

Date

Late 12th - early 13th century

Style / Culture

Rakka

Materials

Ceramic

Physical description

Ground quartz and clay paste

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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