Title
Sherd
Year/Period
12th-13th centuries?
Region
Bagan, Myanmar
Dimension
Object size: L4.4 x W1.7 cm
Accession No.
2000-05622
Collection of
This brown earthernware sherd has raised applied or moulded decoration. A number of unglazed wares have been uncovered from temple sites at Bagan. Bagan (formerly known as Pagan) is a medieval area in upper Myanmar(formerly Burma). Between the 10th and 13th centuries BCE, during the height of its power, thousands of Buddhist temples, stupas and monasteries were constructed in Bagan. Exacavation sites along the Ayeyarwady River uncovered earthenware potsherds throughout the site.
