IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 77589 accession number: OC.155-1946 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 30 November 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip, carved and incised under a green glaze Shape: bi-conical bowl with an indented ‘pie crust’ rim and sitting on a thick disc base. Interior: on the neck a frieze of incised spirals separated by vertical lines. On the body carved into the slip a sphinx, with rosettes on the rear legs and bejewelled bands is surrounded by scrolling vegetation of split and complete palmettes. Scar marks on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln. Exterior: below the rim a kufic inscription is carved into the surface. Glaze and slip terminate just below the vessel carination. object type: earthenware coated in a white slip carved and incised under a green glaze title: bowl NOTES ----- type: history note value: Bought from George Tabbagh, Nov. 1923 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Oscar Raphael creditline: Oscar Raphel Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77589 SUBJECTS ------------------- sphinx sphinx TECHNIQUES ---------- brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip, carved and incised under a green glaze throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1100 - 1299 creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1299 culture: 12th Century-13th Century culture: 19th Century-20th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 12.6 dimension: Weight units: g value: 1466 dimension: Width units: cm value: 26.3 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: International Exhibition of Persian Art CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the international exhibition of Persian art Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present Sphinxes and Harpies in Medieval Islamic Art: An Iconographical Study Masterpieces of Western Ceramic Art, Vol. VII, English and Dutch Ceramics Islamic Art and Architecture La Céramique Islamique Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, Rugs and Carpets Ceramics from Islamic Lands Persian Ceramics From the 9th to the 14th Century --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/OC_155_1946_281_29.jpg height: 577 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/mid_OC_155_1946_281_29.jpg height: 380 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/OC_155_1946_281_29.jpg height: 577 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/preview_OC_155_1946_281_29.jpg height: 190 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/OC_155_1946_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/mid_OC_155_1946_282_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/OC_155_1946_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/preview_OC_155_1946_282_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/OC_155_1946_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/mid_OC_155_1946_283_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/OC_155_1946_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/preview_OC_155_1946_283_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/OC_155_1946.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 664 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_OC_155_1946.jpg height: 572 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/OC_155_1946.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 664 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_OC_155_1946.jpg height: 286 pixels width: 250 pixels