A Mamluk underglaze painted pottery jug, SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY

of baluster shape, slightly concave cylindrical neck and everted lip, supported on a spreading foot, decorated in turquoise and black under a transparent glaze with circular panels to the body enclosing small clusters of dots, the neck with a band of decorative cross hatching

For a detailed discussion of this group of underglaze-decorated jars from Mamluk Syria, see Gibbs, E., "Mamluk Ceramics", Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 63, 1998-9