Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
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: 6.6 cm
Weight: 230 g
Width: 16.9 cm
Place(s) associated
Find spot
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(2019-07-01)
by
Ades Family
Dating
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Note
Monumental style
School or Style
Seljuk
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
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
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in cracked white and blue glaze painted with lustre
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Arabic script painted on the glaze
- Location: Exterior upper body
- Method of creation: Hand painted in lustre
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
- Text: 88
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.50-2019
Primary reference Number: 71091
Previous ID: AL.75-1948
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 6 May 2022
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
