dish
- Museum number
- 1943,0203.2
- Description
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Dish, earthenware, circular, with deep central depression, tin-glazed, grey-white ground painted in blue with a scene in the centre depicting Abraham dismissing Hagar and Ishmael in a landscape, and with an inscription below. On the border are four flowering plants.
- Production date
- 1750 (?)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 35.70 centimetres
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Height: 4.40 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Glaze losses to rim
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Genesis 21:1-10
- Acquisition date
- 1943
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1943,0203.2
