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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted in lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown and mould made, coated in white glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: bulbous body ascending onto a cylindrical neck and plain rim, sits on a low foot ring. Opposing cheetah handles and angular spouts are attached to the upper body.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a lustre band. On the neck a frieze of hares are reserved on a lustred ground incised with spirals, painted above a lustre inscription. On the body, vertical panels contain either stylised arabesques flanked by birds on a background of lustre scrolls, or further hares reserved in lustre. On the lower body a chain stripe pattern is painted in lustre. Glaze covers the surface to the lower body and foot ring where it terminates unevenly.
Interior: a lustre band continues on the rim, on the neck a calligraphic band is painted in lustre. On the base a rosette with radiating lines is painted in lustre but unglazed. Glaze covers the surface to the upper body where it terminates unevenly.
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: 14 cm
Weight: 666 g
Width: 19.9 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, covers the surface to the lower body and foot ring where it terminates unevenly)
Interior Neck / Base
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 10.8 cm
Base
Diameter 9.1 cm
Body
Handles, Spout
Interior Base
Interior Neck
Inscription present: painted in lustre
Inscription present: painted in lustre
Inscription present: black paper rectangular label
Inscription present: white paper rectangular label
Accession number: C.43-2019
Primary reference Number: 71064
Previous ID: AL.34-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Posset pot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71064 Accessed: 2024-11-22 01:41:52
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