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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted in blue, turquoise and lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted under the glaze with blue and turquoise and over the glaze with lustre.
Shape: biconical bowl with plain rim, sits on a foot ring
Interior: on the upper body a lustre band, enclosed by lines of blue, is inscribed with naskh script. On the body, a frieze of lustre inscriptions alternate with rosettes painted in blue and lustre. In the roundel, the surface is divided into panels by a central blue rosette and radiating half arabesques. The panels contain palmettes and half palmettes reserved on a lustred ground incised with scrolls.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a band above a naskh inscription, both in lustre. On the body, a kufic inscription is reserved in lustre and enclosed by blue bands; a further lustre band is painted above the foot ring. Glaze terminates unevenly on the foot ring; a thin clear glaze is present on the underside of 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: 9.8 cm
Weight: 466 g
Width: 22 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Kashan style
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( white, terminates unevenly on the foot ring; a thin clear glaze is present on the underside of the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 22 cm
Base
Diameter 9.3 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted under the glaze with blue and turquoise and over the glaze with lustre
Inscription present: painted in lustre or incised through a lustre band
Inscription present: painted in lustre
Inscription present: black rectangular paper label
Inscription present: white rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.49-2019
Primary reference Number: 71090
Previous ID: AL.74-1948
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) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71090 Accessed: 2024-11-22 03:59:28
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 03:59:28|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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