Potter: Unknown
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.
History note: Found at Gurgan
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Height: 9.5 cm
Weight: 474 g
Width: 22 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Kashan style
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
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted under the glaze in blue and over the glaze with lustre
Inscription present: incised through a lustre band or painted in lustre
Inscription present: reserved in lustre
Inscription present: white rectangular paper label
Inscription present: exterior base (underside of foot ring)
Inscription present: white rectangular label
Accession number: C.64-2019
Primary reference Number: 75945
Previous ID: AL.73-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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