Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted with blue and lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white, slightly pitted glaze painted under the glaze with blue and over the glaze with lustre.
Shape: carinated bowl with plain rim on a flaring foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted with lustre above a band of blue. On the body, a pseudo calligraphic band, surrounded by scrolls, is painted in lustre. The base is divided into quadrants by blue, 'V' shapes emanating from a central star, both containing peacocks eyes and scrolls in lustre. Within the quadrants birds in flight are reserved on a lustred ground incised with scrolls.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a lustre band. On the body, vertical dashes are painted above further lustre bands, one of which is scalloped. Glaze runs over the surface of the foot ring unevenly.
Notes
History note: Found at Gurgan
Legal notes
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Measurements and weight
Height: 5.3 cm
Weight: 88 g
Width: 10.1 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(2019-07-01)
by
Ades Family
Dating
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Note
Kashan style
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue)
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( white, runs over the surface of the foot ring unevenly)
Rim
Diameter 10.1 cm
Base
Diameter 4.2 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white, slightly pitted glaze painted under the glaze with blue and over the glaze with lustre
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular black paper label
- Text: 82
- Location: Exterior lower body
- Method of creation: Printed in white
- Type: Label
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
- Text: 108
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.94-2019
Primary reference Number: 71050
Previous ID: AL.18-1983
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 6 May 2022
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
