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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a white glaze painted in two tone lustre
Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in an opaque white glaze painted in yellow and ruby lustre. Shape: hemispherical bowl with everted rim, sits on a low foot ring. Interior: the rim is painted with a dotted concentric band in yellow lustre. On the body, reserved in ruby lustre, a frieze of medallions alternately contains peacock’s eyes or cross-hatching, painted in yellow. The roundel on the base contains yellow asterisk and ruby dots surrounded by a band of yellow leaves. Exterior: two bands of horizontal lines of ruby lustre cover the surface, while on the underside of the foot ring what maybe an Arabic inscription is painted in ruby lustre.
History note: Said to have been excavated north of Hamadan. Bought from Vignier, May 1931.
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Height: 6.3 cm
Weight: 218 g
Width: 15.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
9th Century
Circa
800
CE
-
Circa
899
CE
Rare example of ruby lustre
Rim
Diameter 15.6 cm
Base
Diameter 6.2 cm
opaque white
Glaze
ruby red and yellow lustre
Oxide colours
Earthenware
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in an opaque white glaze painted in yellow and ruby lustre
Glazing (coating)
Painting overglaze
Accession number: OC.145-1946
Primary reference Number: 77573
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77573 Accessed: 2024-11-25 00:54:12
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