Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
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: 10.3 cm
Weight: 395 g
Width: 19.4 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(2019-07-01)
by
Ades Family
Dating
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
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
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a transparent white glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: inscription inscribed through black pigment, cursive Arabic script
- Text: not transcribed
- Location: Exterior rim
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: inscription inscribed through black pigment, cursive Arabic script
- Text: not transcribed
- Location: Interior body
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
- Text: '129'
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed
- Type: Label
Inscription present: painted in black under the glaze
- Text: roughly drawn triangle, underlined
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Painted underglaze
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.103-2019
Primary reference Number: 71082
Previous ID: AL.65-1948
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 27 March 2023
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
