Two Ceramic Bowls
Why might people drill through ceramic bowls. This talk examines what drill holes might tell us about the practices of display and repair in the Medieval Islamic Middle East.
Figure 1. Sherds from a decorated lead-glazed bowl, excavated in Karak, Jordan. Late twelfth or thirteenth centuries. Photograph: Marcus Milwright.
Figure 2. Underside of the sherds in Figure 1. Photograph: Marcus Milwright.
Figure 3. Sherd from a decorated lead-glazed bowl, excavated in Karak, Jordan. Late twelfth or thirteenth centuries. Photograph: Marcus Milwright.