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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: shallow hemispherical bowl with an everted, flange rim. Sits on a high, flaring foot ring.
Interior: on the rim script (or possibly pseudo-script) painted in lustre on a dotted ground and enclosed by concentric lustre bands. On the body two sketchily drawn, confronted figures wearing robes decorated either with large dots or scrolls reserved in lustre. In the background lustre dots and scrolls and two half palmettes are painted.
Exterior: on the body scrolling, sketchy half palmettes are painted in lustre and framed above and below by concentric lustre bands. Glaze terminates on the exterior foot ring, where it covers the surface unevenly.
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: 5.6 cm
Weight: 235 g
Width: 16.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Kashan style
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, terminates on the exterior foot ring, where it covers the surface unevenly)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 16.3 cm
Base
Diameter 6 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with lustre
Inscription present: Arabic script (Kufic)
Inscription present: black rectangular paper label
Inscription present: white rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.87-2019
Primary reference Number: 140047
Previous ID: AL.8-1976
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) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/140047 Accessed: 2024-11-05 03:27:17
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 03:27:17|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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