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| Keywords: Egyptian - Lusterware Plate with Bird Motif - Walters 482036.jpg Decorative lusterware was popular during the Fatimid Period 910-1171 The most important production place was in the cultural center of al-Fustad near the Fatimid capital al-Qahira Cairo This plate displays a typical motif of this time period a bird in a central roundel with leaves and branches and a broad frame with leaf arabesques Especially attractive are the variation of forms of the leaves and spiral-tendrils which modify the rhytmic pattern and the yellow-golden color of the painting century 11 Medieval earthenware with luster decoration and glaze cm 5 7 2 5 accession number 48 2036 20558 Estate of D G Kelekian Walters Art Museum 1951 by purchase Museum purchase 1951 place of origin Cairo Egypt Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Fatimid pottery Lustreware 11th-century pottery | ||||
