Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in white and blue glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in cracked white and blue glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with plain rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted with a band of lustre. On the body, a radiating panel design comprises a blue Maltese cross painted with lustre jewel like motifs, lines and dashes. Between the arms of this cross panels contain either a seated figure with dotted coat reserved in lustre, or friezes of pseudo calligraphy and dotted scrolls.
Exterior: lustre band continues on the rim, on the upper body an inscription is painted in lustre. Glaze covers the surface unevenly leaving significant pitting and pooling on 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: 6.6 cm
Weight: 230 g
Width: 16.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Monumental style
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( blue, covers the surface unevenly leaving significant pitting and pooling on the foot ring)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, blue, crazed)
Rim
Diameter 16.9 cm
Base
Diameter 7.2 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in cracked white and blue glaze painted with lustre
Inscription present: Arabic script painted on the glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.50-2019
Primary reference Number: 71091
Previous ID: AL.75-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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