IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 71100 accession number: C.86-2019 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: red earthenware, wheel thrown, on the interior coated in a cream slip, painted in brown, orange, green and cream under a clear, crazed glaze. Shape: conical bowl on a disc base Interior: painted on a cream slip, brown triangles and dots hang from the rim. Radiating from a rosette on the base two palmettes in green and brown incised with spirals. Between the palmettes, two Arabic inscriptions painted in orange, with brown outline and cream dots, are flanked by brown stylised flowers. Exterior: undecorated. object type: earthenware coated in a cream slip painted in four colours under a clear glaze 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/71100 SUBJECTS ------------------- stylized floral motifs stylized floral motifs TECHNIQUES ---------- red earthenware, wheel thrown, on the interior coated in a cream slip, painted in brown, orange, green and cream under a clear, crazed glaze throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 900 - 999 creation date earliest: 900 creation date latest: 999 culture: 10th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 7.2 dimension: Weight units: g value: 439 dimension: Width units: cm value: 19.2 CITATIONS -------- The Glazed Pottery of Nishapur and Samarkand Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period Ceramics from Islamic Lands ---