IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 71091 accession number: C.50-2019 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 6 May 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. object type: fritware coated in white and blue glaze painted with lustre title: bowl NOTES ----- type: history note value: Found at Gurgan LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71091 PEOPLE ------------------- seated figure TECHNIQUES ---------- fritware, wheel thrown, coated in cracked white and blue glaze painted with lustre throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1170 - 1199 creation date earliest: 1170 creation date latest: 1199 culture: 12th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 6.6 dimension: Weight units: g value: 230 dimension: Width units: cm value: 16.9 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: The Gurgan Finds CITATIONS -------- The Gurgan Finds: A Loan Exhibition Of Islamic Pottery Of The Seljuq Period From The Raymond Ades Family Collection Islamic Pottery. A comprehensive study based on the Barlow Collection Persian Lustre Ware Ceramics from Islamic Lands ---