IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 71052 accession number: C.41-2019 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: fritware, mould made, coated in a turquoise glaze Shape: seated lion, slightly lop sided, seated on a rectangular plinth. Decoration: facial features and mane are moulded; a splash of blue is present on the rear left hand leg. Glaze covers the surface unevenly, particularly on the lower front legs and plinth. object type: fritware coated in a turquoise glaze title: figurine NOTES ----- type: history note value: Found at Gurgan LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71052 SUBJECTS ------------------- lion lion TECHNIQUES ---------- fritware, mould made, coated in a turquoise glaze moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1150 - 1220 creation date earliest: 1150 creation date latest: 1220 culture: 12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 19.4 dimension: Length units: cm value: 18.8 dimension: Weight units: g value: 856 dimension: Width units: cm value: 9.4 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Exposition d'Art Musulman title: Islamic Pottery 800-1400 AD title: The Gurgan Finds CITATIONS -------- Exposition d'Art Musulman The Variety of Islamic Pottery Islamic Pottery 800-1400 AD. An Exhibition arranged by the Islamic Art Circle and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum 1 October to 30 November The Gurgan Finds: A Loan Exhibition Of Islamic Pottery Of The Seljuq Period From The Raymond Ades Family Collection Islamic sculpture ceramic figurines The Enigmatic Figure: Ceramic Sculpture from Iran and Syria c. 1150-1250 ---