Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Fritware painted in blue under a transparent turquoise glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in blue under a transparent turquoise glaze.
Shape: horse with mounted rider wearing a helmet and with left arm held at right angles to the body. All mounted on a rectangular plinth
Decoration: all features are moulded with blue used to define detail, including the horse’s main, bridle and reins. The horse’s body and rider’s coat are dashed with blue; the horse’s legs are stripped with blue. Glaze pools on the upper surface of the plinth and a droplet has been broken off on the front section; does not cover the underside of the plinth.
Notes
History note: Found at Gurgan
Legal notes
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Measurements and weight
Height: 13.5 cm
Length: 10.5 cm
Weight: 161 g
Width: 4.2 cm
Find spot
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(2019-07-01)
by
Ades Family
Dating
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1150
-
Circa
1220
School or Style
Seljuk
People, subjects and objects depicted
Materials used in production
blue, used to define detail
Pigment
turquoise, pools on the upper surface of the plinth and a droplet has been broken off on the front section; does not cover the underside of the plinth
Glaze
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Fritware, mould made, painted in blue under a transparent turquoise glaze
Painting underglaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: written directly onto object sufrace
- Text: 8
- Location: Underside of plinth
- Method of creation: Hand written in black
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.56-2019
Primary reference Number: 71034
Old object number: AL.88-1948
Previous ID: AL.11-1983
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 10 February 2022
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
