Fatimid dish decorated with a banquet scene, 11th century - Benaki Museum of Islamic Art(ΓΕ 11120), Athens

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Fatimid dish decorated with a banquet scene, 11th century
Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, Athens

Fatimid Egypt, 11th century, Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, Athens

Fatimid Egypt, 11th century, Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, Athens

A detail of this Fatimid dish decorated with a banquet scene, 11th century - Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, Athens

Photo by Richard Mortel

Dish decorated with a banquet scene and inscribed Kufic good wishes. The scenes of courtly life, with courtiers enjoying themselves, playing music or taming wild beasts, are common on lustre pottery of the Fatimid period. Egypt, 11th c. Diam. 0.392 m.
Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, Athens
(ΓΕ 11120)

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