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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white, slightly pitted glaze painted in lustre
Shape: carinated body on a flaring foot, a collared neck and plain rim. Strap handle with thumb rest attached to the body and rim.
Exterior: all decoration is painted in lustre. On the neck, a pseudo calligraphic inscription is framed by concentric bands. On the upper body, a frieze of mounted horsemen are separated by chequer board trees and dotted scrolling vines, on the lower body sketchy arabesques are framed by concentric bands. On the handle a pseudo calligraphic inscription is framed by lustre panels. Glaze covers the surface unevenly on the collared neck; it terminates on the lower body and foot ring where it pools slightly.
Interior: the rim is painted with a concentric band above a pseudo calligraphic inscription on the neck. Glaze covers the entire surface.
History note: Found at Gurgan
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Height: 12.5 cm
Weight: 385 g
Width: 14 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Miniature style
Exterior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, covers the surface unevenly on the collared neck; it terminates on the lower body and foot ring where it pools slightly)
Interior Rim
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( white, covers entire surface)
Base
Diameter 6.6 cm
Rim
Diameter 9.3 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white, slightly pitted glaze painted in lustre
Inscription present: black rectangular paper label
Inscription present: white rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.107-2019
Primary reference Number: 140044
Previous ID: AL.13-1976
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jug" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/140044 Accessed: 2024-11-22 02:56:57
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