Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted with a lustre band. On the upper body a frieze of lustre dots and scrolls is divided into panels by horizontal lines. On the lower body an inscription is painted. In the roundel a seated figures wearing a hat and dotted robe holds a cup aloft in his right hand and is surrounded by scrolling palmettes, all reserved in lustre.
Exterior: the lustre band continues on the rim. On the body roundels, separated by paired vertical lines, contain scrolling half palmettes. The glaze runs unevenly onto the foot ring and covers the underside thinly.
History note: Found at Gurgan
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Height: 7.8 cm
Weight: 288 g
Width: 18 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Monumental style
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( white, runs unevenly onto the foot ring and covers the underside thinly)
Rim
Diameter 18 cm
Base
Diameter 5.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Inscription present: Arabic script (thuluth)
Inscription present: small black rectangular paper
Inscription present: white rectangular paper label
Inscription present: white circular paper label
Inscription present: white rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.58-2019
Primary reference Number: 71042
Old object number: AL.45-1948
Previous ID: AL.14-1983
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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