Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
-
Bowl
- Category: Islamic pottery
- Category: underglaze painted ware
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Shape: bi-conical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: a radiating design comprises alternating black and blue bands with epigraphy (incised through the pigment) and black feather like fronds reserved in blue. A black bird and spandrel fillers are painted between the radiating arms.
Exterior: black water weeds are painted on the body. The glaze covers the surface and runs unevenly over the base and covers the underside with the exception of the rim of the foot ring.
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 cm
Weight: 378 g
Width: 22.4 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
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( transparent, white)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( transparent, white, covers the surface and runs unevenly over the base and covers the underside with the exception of the rim of the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 22.4 cm
Base
Diameter 8.5 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: inscribed on the black radiating panels in cursive script
- Text: not transcribed
- Location: Interior radiating panels
- Method of creation: Inscribed
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
- Text: "96"
- Location: Exterior base, underside of foot ring
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Label
Inscription present: black rectangular paper label
- Text: "23"
- Location: Exterior base, underside of foot ring
- Method of creation: Printed in white
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.82-2019
Primary reference Number: 71084
Previous ID: AL.67-1948
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 17 February 2022
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
