Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a transparent white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: carinated bowl with a plain rim and a slightly flaring foot ring base.
Interior: a radiating design comprises alternating black triangular panels, with incised epigraphic band and blue edging, and black feather like fronds reserved in blue.
Exterior: rim is painted in blue, on the neck a black band is inscribed with an epigraphy. On the body black water weeds are painted. Glaze runs over the surface covering the foot ring unevenly. The underside of the foot ring is covered with a thin glaze coating under which a triangular symbol is drawn in black.
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: 10.3 cm
Weight: 395 g
Width: 19.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( transparent, white)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( transparent, white, runs over the surface covering the foot ring unevenly)
Rim
Diameter 19.4 cm
Base
Diameter 7.7 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a transparent white glaze
Inscription present: inscription inscribed through black pigment, cursive Arabic script
Inscription present: inscription inscribed through black pigment, cursive Arabic script
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
Inscription present: painted in black under the glaze
Accession number: C.103-2019
Primary reference Number: 71082
Previous ID: AL.65-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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