Islamic pottery bowl with medallions and palmettes

An image of Bowl. Islamic pottery. Garrus ware. Unknown potter, Iran. Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim on a disc base cut, away on the underside. Interior: on the body a frieze of four circular medallions, separated by palmettes, contains birds and scrolling leaves, all carved through a cream slip. The glaze pools and is cracked in the base, splashes of green pigment are present in one area. Three scar marks on the lower body indicated the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln. Pinkish earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip carved under a colourless glaze, splashed with traces of green. Exterior: undecorated except for a cream slip and colourless glaze extending to the foot ring. Height, whole, 8.5 cm, width, whole, 18.6 cm, diameter, base, 6.8 cm, circa 1100-circa 1299. Seljuk.

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Bowl. Islamic pottery. Garrus ware. Unknown potter, Iran. Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim on a disc base cut, away on the underside. Interior: on the body a frieze of four circular medallions, separated by palmettes, contains birds and scrolling leaves, all carved through a cream slip. The glaze pools and is cracked in the base, splashes of green pigment are present in one area. Three scar marks on the lower body indicated the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln. Pinkish earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip carved under a colourless glaze, splashed with traces of green. Exterior: undecorated except for a cream slip and colourless glaze extending to the foot ring. Height, whole, 8.5 cm, width, whole, 18.6 cm, diameter, base, 6.8 cm, circa 1100-circa 1299. Seljuk.

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Accession Number: C.47-1935
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1007 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 176.54kB
Exposure time: 1/45
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2018:03:06 11:43:17

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12th Century 13th Century birds bowl carved earthenware Fitz_AA Garrus ware glazed incised Iranian Islamic leaves medallions Medieval palmettes pottery Seljuk Seljuq Dynasty slip slip-coated thrown

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