Broken earthenware sherd with a terracotta edge and bright yellow glazed surface, grey band with faint dots, on a grey.

Ceramic Fragment

A broken earthenware sherd with a terracotta edge shows a bright yellow glazed surface on the left and right, bordered by a grey-white band marked with a row of faint dark dots near the top. The fragment lies flat against a plain grey background, its jagged break visible at the edges.

Look closer: Faint dark dots in a row along the grey band near the top edge.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 8th–9th century
Medium: Earthenware; glazed
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 1200 × 891 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 900).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1932

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