From Foreign to Familiar
Rare Early Islamic Pottery
Special exhibit
- February 21 2019 - February 20 2020
- Curator: Liza Lurie
- Designer: Rivka Myers
- pottery
The decoration of the Early Islamic unglazed pottery displayed here – the white background, the dark, stylized lines, and the woven, textile-like surfaces – is reminiscent of Coptic (Christian Egyptian) textiles. Indeed, Early Islamic material culture absorbed many foreign influences. Birds with outspread wings, fruit-laden date palms, pine cones, cypress trees, and other natural motifs were common throughout the region during this period.
Plate decorated with a floral pattern
Nes Ziona, 8th century, decorated pottery
Bowl decorated with a guilloche pattern featuring birds and date palms
Nes Ziona, 8th century, decorated pottery
Coptic textile fragment
Egypt, 7th century, wool and line
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