Length 7.4cm (2 15/16 in.), width 21.8cm (8 1/2 in.)
LNS 160 C
Another group of tenth-century pottery is painted with polychrome slips on a white ground,
employing black in combination with other colours, the most popular of which was red.
The earthenware body of this spouted bowl with a low foot and hemispherical shape is covered
with a white englobe and underglaze painted with purplish black and red slips. The decoration
consists of two motifs placed along the walls. The first is a large fanlike configuration combining
various elements, such as half-palmettes, peacock eyes, and leaves. The second is a pair of
half-palmettes flanking the spout. Details are rendered with delicate lines scratched through the
slip as well as with strips left in reserve and filled with black dots. A chain of black dots, perhaps
representing drops of water pouring toward the spout, connects the two main motifs.
