Fragmentary earthenware bowl, painted in luster over an opaque, white glaze, Egypt, 11th century H: 6.5; Diam: 28 cm, Inv. no. 3/1992. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. Birds were a favorite motif for Fatimid lusterware. The partly reconstructed bowl...

Earthenware bowl, painted in luster over a white glaze, Egypt, 11th century, H: 5.5; Diam: 20.5 cm, Inv. no. 4/1992. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. While the motifs on figurative bowls painted in luster in Abbasid Iraq were stylized, a number of...

Earthenware bowl, covered with a thin, white slip and painted in yellow, green, and manganese under a transparent glaze, Fayyum type, Egypt, 9th-11th century, H: 6: Diam: 22.5 cm, Inv. no. 3/2004. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. The bowl’s manganese...