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Bottle: C.96-2019

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 33

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Fritware coated in a white glaze painted with lustre

Fritware, wheel thrown and mould made, coated in white glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: globular body, descending onto a foot ring. Collared neck and cup-shaped, lobed mouth.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a lustre band; on the mouth and neck, friezes of chain stripe pattern are divided by further lustre bands. On the body vertical lustre stripes radiate between a lustre band on the lower and upper body, the latter is inscribed with naskh script. Glaze covers the surface to the lower body and foot ring where is terminates unevenly.
Interior: the rim is painted with a lustre band and on the neck a kufic inscription is painted in lustre. Glaze covers the mouth only.

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: 26 cm
Weight: 788 g
Width: 15.6 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Kashan ⪼ central Asia

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family

Dating

13th Century, Early
Circa 1200 CE - Circa 1220 CE

Note

Kashan style

School or Style

Seljuk

Components of the work

Interior Mouth composed of oxide colours ( lustre) glaze ( white, covers the mouth only)
Exterior composed of oxide colours ( lustre) glaze ( white, covers the surface to the lower body and foot ring where is terminates unevenly)
Rim Diameter 6.7 cm
Base Diameter 8.4 cm
Body
Mouth

Materials used in production

Fritware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: incised through a lustre band

  • Location: Upper body exterior
  • Method of creation: Inscised
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: rectangular white paper label

  • Text: 67
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Printed in black
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.96-2019
Primary reference Number: 71059
Previous ID: AL.30-1948
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 January 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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