IDENTIFIERS
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id:	71067
accession number:	C.53-2019

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 17 February 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Fritware, probably wheel thrown with moulded handles, covered in a turquoise glaze
Shape: bulbous body narrowing to a straight, cylindrical neck and sitting on a wide foot ring. Two quadrupeds, possibly lions, with pointed ears and long tails, form opposing handles.
Exterior: undecorated except for a turquoise glaze, this covers the surface unevenly, terminating on the foot ring and with impurities creating small holes. A splash of blue partially covers a large protruding impurity at a mid-point on the body.  
Interior: covered unevenly with turquoise glaze.
object type: Fritware covered in a turquoise glaze
title:	posset pot

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Found at Gurgan


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71067





TECHNIQUES
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Fritware, probably wheel thrown with moulded handles, covered in a turquoise glaze
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: fritware (stonepaste)

DATING
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creation date:	1100 - 1220
creation date earliest:	1100
creation date latest:	1220
culture:	12th Century-13th Century, Early

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 15

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 735

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 20.3



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	The Gurgan Finds
CITATIONS
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The Gurgan Finds: A Loan Exhibition Of Islamic Pottery Of The Seljuq Period From The Raymond Ades Family Collection
Ceramics from Islamic Lands
Iranian Stone-Paste Pottery of the Saljuq Period. Types and Distribution
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