IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 75131 accession number: C.448-1991 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 12 June 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Buff fritware, wheel thrown, covered with an opaque white, slightly crazed glaze painted in yellow-brown lustre Shape: finely potted conical bowl with carination, plain rim and foot ring. Interior: rim is painted in a band of lustre below which a frieze of Arabic script (kufic) is interspersed with scrolls. On the body, a frieze alternately incorporates sphinx in medallions, painted in reverse against a lustred background, and roughly drawn arabesques comprising dots and lines in lustre. The central roundel contains a single seated musician playing a lute, wearing a head dress and a spotted robe; painted in reserve against a lustred background including leafy scrolls. Exterior: a frieze of lustre scrolls, with groups separated by double vertical lines and enclosed above and below by a concentric band; all painted in lustre . The clear glaze runs over the body to the upper foot ring, splashes of lustre are also on the foot ring. object type: Fritware with white glaze and painted in lustre title: bowl NOTES ----- type: history note value: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Henry Scipio Reitlinger creditline: H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75131 TECHNIQUES ---------- Buff fritware bowl, wheel thrown, covered with a clear, slightly crazed glaze with lustre painted on the interior and exterior surface throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1179 - 1198 creation date earliest: 1179 creation date latest: 1198 culture: 12th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 6.6 dimension: Weight units: g value: 224 dimension: Width units: cm value: 16.4 CITATIONS -------- Persian Lustre Ware Ceramics from Islamic Lands Shine Like the Sun: Lustre-Painted and Associated Pottery from the Medieval Middle East --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_448_1991_281_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_448_1991_281_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_448_1991_282_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_448_1991_282_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_448_1991_283_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_448_1991_283_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_448_1991_284_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_448_1991_284_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_448_1991_285_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_448_1991_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_448_1991_285_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels