Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted with blue and lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown and mould made, coated in white glaze painted under the glaze in blue and over the glaze in lustre.
Shape: pear shaped body flaring towards the rim, sits on a low foot ring. Angled spout attached to the body and a strap handle with thumb rest attached to the neck and body.
Exterior: on the rim, neck and lower body inscriptions are painted in lustre or incised through a lustre band. On the body, panels containing arabesques, surrounded by half palmettes, are reserved in lustre or painted in blue on a lustre ground containing incised scrolls and divided by vertical panels with lustre inscriptions. On the lower body, a chain stripe pattern is painted in lustre above a lustre band on the foot ring. On the spout, further palmettes are reserved in lustre, on the handle a cable pattern is painted in lustre and framed by lustre panels. Glaze terminates on the foot ring where it covers the surface unevenly.
Interior: a lustre band is painted on the rim above a calligraphic (or possibly pseudo calligraphic) band painted in lustre. Glaze terminates on the 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: 17.6 cm
Weight: 554 g
Width: 15.3 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
pigment
( blue)
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, terminates on the foot ring where it covers the surface unevenly)
Interior Neck/rim
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, terminates on the neck)
Rim
Diameter 7.5 cm
Base
Diameter 8.4 cm
Body
Spout, Handle
Inscription present: Arabic, naskh script
Inscription present: Arabic, kufic script
Inscription present: rectangular black paper label
Accession number: C.62-2019
Primary reference Number: 71056
Previous ID: AL.23-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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