Dish: C.547-1991

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

• Dish
• Islamic pottery
• Kubachi
• Blue and white ware

Categories

• Fritware/stonepaste

Description

Fritware, coated in a white slip painted blue and black under a clear glaze

Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a powdery white slip painted in blue and black under a clear crazed glaze.
Shape: Segmental bowl with an angular lip and bead rim, sits on a low foot ring base.
Interior: rim is stripped with blue lines, while on the lip a frieze of blue cross-hatching is separated at regular intervals by black vertical lines containing blue dots. On the interior, lobbed cartouches are outlined in black and contain either a blue cross within a circle or a series of blue dots. The cartouches are painted against a background of blue scrolling lines.
Exterior: On the upper body a frieze of blue vertical lines are contained within two concentric lines. The glaze reaches a mid point on the body below which a powdery white slip is visible covering the remaining surface.

Notes

History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead

Legal notes

H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

14th Century, Late-15th Century
Circa 1395 CE - 1499 CE

Note

Rare piece as few examples of early Kubachi wares survive

School or Style

Timurid