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Dish: C.14-1968

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Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

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Maker: Unknown

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Description

Fritware with painted or carved black slip under a translucent green glaze

Fritware, moulded, painted in black or carved into black slip under a transparent green glaze.
Shape: segmental bowl, thickly potted, with flat, bracketed rim on a wide, very low foot ring.
Interior: on the lip a frieze of diamond shapes is painted in reserve against a black background. The upper edge of this frieze is bracketed, reflecting the rim shape. On the body, a frieze of lobbed medallions, framed above and below by half medallions, is carved into a thick black slip. Each medallion contains a black dot; they are joined by green lines and separated by green dots, reflecting the coloured glaze. The roundel is defined by black concentric lines; it contains a central rosette framed by further lines and a band of medallions identical to those on the body.
Exterior: on the lip a frieze of wavey lines is contained between a lower concentric line and an upper bracketed line, the latter reflecting the rim shape. On the body, a frieze of sprouting leaves and buds is painted within a pair of concentric lines. Another pair of concentric lines is painted on the base. The glaze runs over the foot ring unevenly, in places covering the rim; on the underside there is a thin, pitted green glaze.

Legal notes

Given by Lady Barlow

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 34.7 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Weight: 1517 g

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1968) by Barlow, Lady

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1500 CE - 1599 CE

School or Style

early Safavid

Components of the work

Interior composed of pigment ( black) slip ( black) glaze ( translucent, green)
Exterior composed of pigment ( black) glaze ( green, runs over the foot ring unevenly, in places covering the rim; on the underside there is a thin, pitted green glaze)
Base Diameter 22.5 cm
Rim Diameter 34.7 cm
Exterior Body

Materials used in production

Fritware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Fritware, moulded, painted in black or carved into black slip under a transparent green glaze

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.14-1968
Primary reference Number: 71967
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 13 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

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

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