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Bowl: C.64-2019

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 33

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Fritware coated in a white glaze painted in blue and lustre

Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted under the glaze in blue and over the glaze with lustre.
Shape: bi-conical bowl with plain rim, sits on a foot ring
Interior: on the upper body a lustre band, enclosed by lines of blue is inscribed with naskh script. On the body, a frieze of lustre inscriptions alternate with tear drop cartouche, which are outlined in blue and contain a central turquoise palmette leaf reserved on a lustre ground incised with scrolls. In the roundel, reserved on a lustred ground incised with scrolls, an arabesque is painted in blue and surrounded by half palmettes.
Exterior: on the body, kufic script, reserved on a lustre ground splashed with blue is painted above a lustre band. Glaze terminates unevenly on the foot ring; a thin coverage of clear glaze is present on the underside of the foot ring.

Notes

History note: Found at Gurgan

Legal notes

Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.5 cm
Weight: 474 g
Width: 22 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Kashan ⪼ Iran

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family

Dating

13th Century, Early
Circa 1200 CE - Circa 1220 CE

Note

Kashan style

School or Style

Seljuk

Components of the work

Exterior Body composed of pigment ( blue, splashed on surface) oxide colours ( lustre)
Interior composed of pigment ( blue) oxide colours ( lustre) glaze ( white)
Exterior composed of glaze ( white, terminates unevenly on the foot ring; a thin coverage of clear glaze is present on the underside of the foot ring)
Rim Diameter 22 cm
Base Diameter 9.2 cm

Materials used in production

Fritware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted under the glaze in blue and over the glaze with lustre

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: incised through a lustre band or painted in lustre

  • Location: Interior
  • Method of creation: Incised, painted
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: reserved in lustre

  • Location: Exterior body
  • Method of creation: Painted
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: white rectangular paper label

  • Text: 8
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: exterior base (underside of foot ring)

  • Text: 88
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: white rectangular label

  • Text: ‘Islamic Art Circle Exhibition / Victoria and Albert Museum 1969 / Cat. No. ' (printed in black); ‘116’ (hand written)
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Printed, hand written
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.64-2019
Primary reference Number: 75945
Previous ID: AL.73-1948
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 17 February 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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