Islamic Fritware bowl, incised with pseudo-script

An image of Fritware Bowl. Islamic pottery. Unknown Maker. Interior: on the rim a black line is painted, while on the upper body a black band is incised with pseudo-script. On the lower body a wide frieze of black scallops, painted in alternating directions is framed above and below by thin concentric lines. Stonepaste/Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and incised under a turquoise glaze, height, whole, 8.4 cm, width, whole, 18.0 cm, diameter, rim, 18.0 cm, diameter, base, 7.8 cm, weight, whole, 356 g, circa 1100- circa 1399. School/Style: Seljuk or Ilkhanid.

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Fritware Bowl. Islamic pottery. Unknown Maker. Interior: on the rim a black line is painted, while on the upper body a black band is incised with pseudo-script. On the lower body a wide frieze of black scallops, painted in alternating directions is framed above and below by thin concentric lines. Stonepaste/Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and incised under a turquoise glaze, height, whole, 8.4 cm, width, whole, 18.0 cm, diameter, rim, 18.0 cm, diameter, base, 7.8 cm, weight, whole, 356 g, circa 1100- circa 1399. School/Style: Seljuk or Ilkhanid.

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Accession Number: C.3-2011
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 826 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 382.83kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:08:16 11:36:38

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12th Century 13th Century bowl ceramics Fitz_AA frit fritware glazed green Il-khanate Il-Khanid Ilkhanate incised Islamic Medieval painted pottery script Seljuk Seljuq Dynasty stonepaste studio ceramics turquoise

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