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Asian Art
Explore image in Dish with Palmettes
11th–12th century
Earthenware with incised decoration under glaze
1 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (4.45 × 18.42 cm)
Gift of Fred Olsen
1954.53.4
Geography:
Fostat, Egypt
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Egyptian, Islamic
Period:
Egypt, Fatimid dynasty (990–1171)
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Dikran Kelekian (1867–1951), New York (bears label "Lent by D. G. Kelekian #172") ; Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1954 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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