Fritware bowl, Seljuk

An image of Islamic pottery. Bowl. Production Place: Kashan. Shape: carinated bowl with a plain rim, sits on a slightly flared foot ring. Interior: on the rim black dentilation is reserved in a band of blue that is enclosed by a black line. On the body, a fleurs-de-lys pattern radiates from the base. In the roundel, framed by a black band and dashes, a stylised floral spray is reserved in blue. Glaze defects on the roundel. Exterior: on the rim blue pigment spills over from the interior. On the body black water weeds are painted. Glaze covers the surface, running unevenly on the foot ring; a light covering of glaze is present on the underside of the foot ring. Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze. 1200-1220. Lent by the Ades family.

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Islamic pottery. Bowl. Production Place: Kashan. Shape: carinated bowl with a plain rim, sits on a slightly flared foot ring. Interior: on the rim black dentilation is reserved in a band of blue that is enclosed by a black line. On the body, a fleurs-de-lys pattern radiates from the base. In the roundel, framed by a black band and dashes, a stylised floral spray is reserved in blue. Glaze defects on the roundel. Exterior: on the rim blue pigment spills over from the interior. On the body black water weeds are painted. Glaze covers the surface, running unevenly on the foot ring; a light covering of glaze is present on the underside of the foot ring. Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze. 1200-1220. Lent by the Ades family.

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Accession Number: AL.7-1983
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 759 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 114.70kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1

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13th Century _WF_Loan _WF_Loan_Ades black blue bowl carinated dentilated fleur-de-lis fleur-de-lys fleurs fritware glazed Iranian Islamic Kashan Medieval pottery Seljuk Seljuq Dynasty stonepaste

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