Fritware jar with figures, birds and palmettes

An image of Jar. Islamic pottery. Lustre ware. Unknown, probably Kashan. Shape: cylindrical jar with lobbed body, straight neck and a bead rim. Sits on a thick, wide foot ring. Exterior: rim is painted with lustre. On the neck a hunt scene of running quadrupeds, including hares and dogs, is reserved on a lustred ground that also contains fleshy palmettes. On the body lozenge or rectangular shape moulded lobes are filled with a geometrical pattern of seated figures, birds or palmettes, all of which are reserved in lustre; these alternate with arabesques painted in lustre. Spandrels around the palmettes and on the shoulder are filled with lustre scrolls. Interior: lustre paint continues on the rim. The remainder of the vessel is covered with a blue glaze that is painted with a pseudo inscription in lustre on the neck. Fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre. Height, whole, 30.6 cm, width, whole, 19.1 cm, diameter, rim, 10.7 cm, diameter, base, 12 cm, weight, whole, 1634 g, circa 1170- circa 1200. Seljuk Period.

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Jar. Islamic pottery. Lustre ware. Unknown, probably Kashan. Shape: cylindrical jar with lobbed body, straight neck and a bead rim. Sits on a thick, wide foot ring. Exterior: rim is painted with lustre. On the neck a hunt scene of running quadrupeds, including hares and dogs, is reserved on a lustred ground that also contains fleshy palmettes. On the body lozenge or rectangular shape moulded lobes are filled with a geometrical pattern of seated figures, birds or palmettes, all of which are reserved in lustre; these alternate with arabesques painted in lustre. Spandrels around the palmettes and on the shoulder are filled with lustre scrolls. Interior: lustre paint continues on the rim. The remainder of the vessel is covered with a blue glaze that is painted with a pseudo inscription in lustre on the neck. Fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre. Height, whole, 30.6 cm, width, whole, 19.1 cm, diameter, rim, 10.7 cm, diameter, base, 12 cm, weight, whole, 1634 g, circa 1170- circa 1200. Seljuk Period.

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Accession Number: C.125-1935
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 305.32kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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