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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze splashed under the glaze with turquoise and painted over the glaze with lustre.
Shape: biconical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a wide foot ring
Interior: on the rim a naskh inscription is incised through a lustre band. On the body and base two friezes of flying birds, in silhouette on a background of lustre scrolls, are painted above and below a kufic inscription which is reserved on a lustred ground incised with spirals. In a roundel on the base, a split palmette arabesque is also reserved on a lustred ground incised with spirals. Turquoise pigment is splashed on the base in one place.
Exterior: on the body, large palmette leaves are enclosed by lustre bands. The glaze terminates unevenly on the foot ring.
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: 13.3 cm
Weight: 940 g
Width: 26.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Kashan style
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, terminates unevenly on the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Interior Base
composed of
pigment
( turquoise, splashed in one place)
Base
Diameter 11.7 cm
Rim
Diameter 26.8 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze splashed under the glaze with turquoise and painted over the glaze with lustre
Inscription present: incised through a lustre band
Inscription present: painted in lustre
Inscription present: black rectangular label
Inscription present: white rectangular label
Accession number: C.80-2019
Primary reference Number: 71066
Previous ID: AL.41-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Islamic pottery" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71066 Accessed: 2024-11-22 06:35:42
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