Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, mould made, coated in white glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: fluted cylindrical body, carinated at the shoulder ascending onto a collared neck with bead rim and rectangular spout. Sits on a low foot ring; a strap handle is attached to the neck and shoulder.
Exterior: on the neck and spout a frieze of palmette leaves is enclosed by concentric lustre bands and a cable pattern. On the shoulder, painted in lustre, an inscription is surrounded by scrolls, while on the upper body another inscription is incised through a lustre band. On the body vertical panels are filled, alternately, with a lustre inscription or lustre bands inscribed with palmette leaves. The handle is decorated with a cable pattern and flanked by solid panels, both painted in lustre. Glaze terminates unevenly on the exterior foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted with a band of lustre, glaze covers the surface to the upper neck.
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: 35 cm
Weight: 1405 g
Width: 16 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Kashan style
Exterior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, terminates unevenly on the exterior foot ring)
Interior Rim
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior Neck/rim
composed of
glaze
( white, covers the surface to the upper neck)
Base
Diameter 10.7 cm
Rim
Diameter 10 cm
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, coated in white glaze painted with lustre
Accession number: C.61-2019
Primary reference Number: 71055
Previous ID: AL.22-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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