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Production: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Buff fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in brown lustre.
Shape: flat base and straight sides with a flaring, indented dodecagonal rim
Interior: the rim edge is painted in lustre. On the body vertical panels alternate between inscriptions reserved in lustre and palmette cartouche containing stylised lustre birds and scrolls. At the join between body and base a further inscription is painted in lustre. On the roundel a lustre rosette is encircled by split palmettes reserved on a lustred ground incised with scrolls.
Exterior: lustre palmettes are painted between concentric lines. Glaze runs over the lower body
History note: Purportedly found in the Gurgan area; the father of Major Raymond Ades; Major Raymond Ades; Major Raymond Ades by whom lent to the Fitzwilliam in 1976 the Ades family
Given by the Ades family to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Height: 6.6 cm
Weight: 727 g
Width: 27.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1998-11-23) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
1220
CE
This form was based on a metal prototype
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( opque white glaze, probably tin-glazed)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( opque white glaze, probably tin-glazed)
Base
Diameter 18 cm
Rim
Diameter 27.5 cm
Interior Body
moulded Fritware
Moulding : Buff fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in brown lustre
Inscription present: cursive Arabic script
Inscription present: cursive Arabic script
Inscription present: white rectangle with black dotted ends, printed in black
Inscription present: small black rectangle with reserved white
Inscription present: white rectangle with canted corners and red border inscribed in blue-black ink
Accession number: C.53-1998
Primary reference Number: 28802
Old loan number: AL.6-1976
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/28802 Accessed: 2024-12-31 13:44:33
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