Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze splashed under the glaze with turquoise and painted over the glaze with lustre.
Shape: biconical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a wide foot ring
Interior: on the rim a naskh inscription is incised through a lustre band. On the body and base two friezes of flying birds, in silhouette on a background of lustre scrolls, are painted above and below a kufic inscription which is reserved on a lustred ground incised with spirals. In a roundel on the base, a split palmette arabesque is also reserved on a lustred ground incised with spirals. Turquoise pigment is splashed on the base in one place.
Exterior: on the body, large palmette leaves are enclosed by lustre bands. The glaze terminates unevenly on the foot ring.
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: 13.3 cm
Weight: 940 g
Width: 26.8 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
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, terminates unevenly on the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Interior Base
composed of
pigment
( turquoise, splashed in one place)
Base
Diameter 11.7 cm
Rim
Diameter 26.8 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze splashed under the glaze with turquoise and painted over the glaze with lustre
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: incised through a lustre band
- Location: Interior rim
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: painted in lustre
- Location: Interior lower body
- Method of creation: Painted in lustre
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: black rectangular label
- Text: 49
- Location: Exterior foot ring
- Method of creation: Printed
- Type: Label
Inscription present: white rectangular label
- Text: 24
- 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.80-2019
Primary reference Number: 71066
Previous ID: AL.41-1948
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 27 October 2025
Last processed: Monday 27 October 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
