made in Egypt
This fragment comes from the base of a bowl of pottery. It was discovered with many other pottery fragments in Fustat, near Cairo in Egypt. It was probably made in Syria during the Ayyubid Period of 1171 - 1250.
The fragment of white porcelaneous fritware is painted with a peacock in black, cobalt-blue and brownish red under a clear alkaline glaze.
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