IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 71034 accession number: C.56-2019 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 10 February 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: fritware, mould made, painted in blue under a transparent turquoise glaze. Shape: horse with mounted rider wearing a helmet and with left arm held at right angles to the body. All mounted on a rectangular plinth Decoration: all features are moulded with blue used to define detail, including the horse’s main, bridle and reins. The horse’s body and rider’s coat are dashed with blue; the horse’s legs are stripped with blue. Glaze pools on the upper surface of the plinth and a droplet has been broken off on the front section; does not cover the underside of the plinth. object type: fritware painted in blue under a transparent turquoise glaze title: figurine NOTES ----- type: history note value: Found at Gurgan LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Ades family collection creditline: Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71034 PEOPLE ------------------- horseman TECHNIQUES ---------- fritware, mould made, painted in blue under a transparent turquoise glaze moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- painting underglaze TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1150 - 1220 creation date earliest: 1150 creation date latest: 1220 culture: 12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 13.5 dimension: Length units: cm value: 10.5 dimension: Weight units: g value: 161 dimension: Width units: cm value: 4.2 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: The Gurgan Finds CITATIONS -------- The Gurgan Finds: A Loan Exhibition Of Islamic Pottery Of The Seljuq Period From The Raymond Ades Family Collection Islamic sculpture ceramic figurines The Enigmatic Figure: Ceramic Sculpture from Iran and Syria c. 1150-1250 ---