Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
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: 22 cm
Weight: 654 g
Width: 15.7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(2019-07-01)
by
Ades Family
Dating
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
1220
CE
Note
Kashan style
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
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
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with lustre
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: reserved in lustre
- Location: Exterior neck
- Method of creation: Hand painted
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
- Text: 21
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed
- Type: Label
Inscription present: black rectangular label
- Text: 71
- Location: Exterior lower body
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Label
Inscription present: pink rectangular label
- Location: Loose inside vessel
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Label
Inscription present: hand written directly onto the vessel surface
- Text: 45/٨S
- Location: Exterior base
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.97-2019
Primary reference Number: 71063
Previous ID: AL.32-1948
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 3 September 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
