Bowl: C.74-2019

Components of the work

Exterior Body composed of pigment ( black, blue) glaze ( colourless, runs unevenly onto the foot ring)
Interior composed of pigment ( black, blue) glaze ( transparent, white)
Rim Diameter 15.1 cm
Base Diameter 6.4 cm

Materials used in production

Fritware

Techniques used in production

Fritware : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular paper label with red printed border

• Text: ‘Lent by R. Ades, 1948, No. 69’
• Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
• Method of creation: Hand written in black
• Type: Label

Inscription present: rectangular paper label

• Text: ‘81’
• Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
• Method of creation: Printed in black
• Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

• Exposition d'Art Musulman
• Islamic Pottery 800-1400 AD. An Exhibition arranged by the Islamic Art Circle and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum 1 October to 30 November
• The Gurgan Finds: A Loan Exhibition Of Islamic Pottery Of The Seljuq Period From The Raymond Ades Family Collection
• Evidence for the Identification of Kāshān Pottery
• Islamic Pottery of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection
• Iranian Stone-Paste Pottery of the Saljuq Period. Types and Distribution page(s): 154-247
• Ceramics from Islamic Lands page(s): 332-345

Related exhibitions

• Exposition d'Art Musulman
• Islamic Pottery 800-1400 AD
• The Gurgan Finds

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.74-2019
Primary reference Number: 71097
Old object number: AL.68-1948
Previous ID: AL.8-1983
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Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts