Pottery jug with a frieze of kufic script

An image of Islamic pottery. Jug. Unknown potter, probably, Iran or Syria. Shape: oval body on a disc base with a short, slightly flaring neck and a strap handle attached to the neck and shoulder. Exterior: a frieze of kufic script is moulded on the shoulder below which a series of impressed marks indicates the process of joining this decoration to the body of the jug. On the neck an impressed concentric band is visible. Interior: undecorated. Buff marl earthenware, probably wheel thrown with moulded decoration applied on the shoulder. Height, whole, 16.8 cm, width, whole, 14.7 cm, diameter, rim, 8.2 cm, diameter, base, 5.5 cm, weight, whole, 652 g, circa 1100-circa 1299. Ayyubid, Seljuk.

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Islamic pottery. Jug. Unknown potter, probably, Iran or Syria. Shape: oval body on a disc base with a short, slightly flaring neck and a strap handle attached to the neck and shoulder. Exterior: a frieze of kufic script is moulded on the shoulder below which a series of impressed marks indicates the process of joining this decoration to the body of the jug. On the neck an impressed concentric band is visible. Interior: undecorated. Buff marl earthenware, probably wheel thrown with moulded decoration applied on the shoulder. Height, whole, 16.8 cm, width, whole, 14.7 cm, diameter, rim, 8.2 cm, diameter, base, 5.5 cm, weight, whole, 652 g, circa 1100-circa 1299. Ayyubid, Seljuk.

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Accession Number: C.10-1951
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Aperture: f/27.0
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Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
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Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 450.20kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 02:17:45

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12th Century 13th Century Ayyubid Dynasty cufic earthenware Fitz_AA frieze handle handled inscribed inscriptions Iranian Islamic jug kufic Medieval pottery script Seljuk Seljuq Dynasty Syrian thrown Turkish vessel

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