Fritware posset pot with cheetah handles

An image of Islamic pottery, Minai. Posset-pot. Unknown potter, Iran, central Asia, probably Kashan. Shape: bulbous body with a cylindrical neck and plain rim, sits on a low foot ring. Opposing cheetah handles and angular spouts are attached to the upper body. Exterior: on the rim a dentilated pattern is painted in blue. On the neck an epigraphic band is painted in blue and is interspersed with turquoise leaves and red dots. On the body arabesques of turquoise half-palmettes, sketchy blue birds and red dots covers the surface. On the cheetah handles and the spouts continuation of the patterns from the body are present, except on the head of the animals, which are painted turquoise with black lines to indicate features. Glaze covers the surface to the foot ring where it terminates unevenly. Interior: on the neck an epigraphic band is painted in black. The surface is coated in a glaze but otherwise is undecorated. Fritware, wheel thrown and mould-made, coated in white glaze painted with red, blue, turquoise and black. Height, whole, 14.6 cm, width, whole, 20.7 cm, diameter, rim, 11.4 cm, diameter, base, 8.7 cm, weight, whole, 694 g, circa 1170- circa 1220. Seljuk.

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Islamic pottery, Minai. Posset-pot. Unknown potter, Iran, central Asia, probably Kashan. Shape: bulbous body with a cylindrical neck and plain rim, sits on a low foot ring. Opposing cheetah handles and angular spouts are attached to the upper body. Exterior: on the rim a dentilated pattern is painted in blue. On the neck an epigraphic band is painted in blue and is interspersed with turquoise leaves and red dots. On the body arabesques of turquoise half-palmettes, sketchy blue birds and red dots covers the surface. On the cheetah handles and the spouts continuation of the patterns from the body are present, except on the head of the animals, which are painted turquoise with black lines to indicate features. Glaze covers the surface to the foot ring where it terminates unevenly. Interior: on the neck an epigraphic band is painted in black. The surface is coated in a glaze but otherwise is undecorated. Fritware, wheel thrown and mould-made, coated in white glaze painted with red, blue, turquoise and black. Height, whole, 14.6 cm, width, whole, 20.7 cm, diameter, rim, 11.4 cm, diameter, base, 8.7 cm, weight, whole, 694 g, circa 1170- circa 1220. Seljuk.

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Accession Number: C.128-1935
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 893 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 116.09kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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12th Century 13th Century AD animal animals arabesque big cats bulb bulbous cats cheetah crazed dentilated Fitz_AA frit fritware glazed Iranian Islamic jar Kashan Kashan Style leaves Minai minai'i ware mould made moulded overglaze painted palmettes posset pot pottery Seljuk Seljuq Dynasty spout spouted stonepaste thrown vessel

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