Tin glazed lustreware earthenware bottle

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Tin glazed lustreware earthenware bottle, with metal mount

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Tin glazed lustreware earthenware bottle, with metal mount
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Tin glazed lustreware earthenware bottle, with metal mount, chocolate on white decoration, possibly from Rhazes, Persia

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A629452
Materials:
earthenware, tin glazed
Measurements:
height 127 mm
diameter 122 mm
type:
bottle
credit:
Sotheby's

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