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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted in lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: pear shaped body, carinated at the shoulder, on a narrow, flaring foot ring. Wide cylindrical neck and plain rim; strap handle toped by a quadruped thumb rest, attached to the upper body and shoulder
Exterior: the rim is painted with a lustre band. On the neck two friezes comprise a kufic inscription, reserved on a lustred ground incised with spirals, above plamettes, also reserved in lustre. On the body, three friezes comprise palmettes and arabesques, on a background of dots and scrolls or reserved in lustre respectively and a pattern of lustre dots and scrolls. Above the foot ring a wide lustre band is painted. On the handle a cable pattern is reserved in lustre. Glaze coverage thin, particularly on the shoulder, terminates unevenly on the lower body.
Interior: lustre band continues on the rim. On the neck a kufic lustre inscription is painted on a background of lustre dots. White glaze terminates on the neck with the remaining surface covered with a thin clear glaze.
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: 22 cm
Weight: 654 g
Width: 15.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
1220
CE
Kashan style
Exterior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, coverage thin, particularly on the shoulder, terminates unevenly on the lower body)
Interior Rim/neck
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( white, terminates on the neck with the remaining surface covered with a thin clear glaze)
Base
Diameter 6.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 9.7 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with lustre
Inscription present: reserved in lustre
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
Inscription present: black rectangular label
Inscription present: pink rectangular label
Inscription present: hand written directly onto the vessel surface
Accession number: C.97-2019
Primary reference Number: 71063
Previous ID: AL.32-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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