IDENTIFIERS
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id:	71073
accession number:	C.45-2019

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 20 February 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre
Shape: conical dish with wide, everted rim and a low foot ring
Interior: on the rim a band of pseudo-calligraphy is enclosed within two concentric bands. On the body, emanating from a central cross with triangular arms containing lustre scrolls and peacock eyes, a spiralling vegetal design incorporating split palmettes of two kinds: small examples painted in lustre and larger examples filled with further lustre scrolls. 
Exterior: a lustre band, enclosing the decoration on the interior, continues onto the exterior of the dish. White glaze covers the surface, with occasional splashes of lustre, terminating on the lower body or foot ring.
object type: fritware, coated in a white glaze and painted with lustre
title:	dish

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71073





TECHNIQUES
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Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre
throwing

CATEGORIES
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category: fritware (stonepaste)

DATING
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creation date:	1170 - 1199
creation date earliest:	1170
creation date latest:	1199
culture:	12th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 7

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1721

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 36.5



CITATIONS
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Gurgan Faiences
Early Islamic Pottery
Persian Lustre Ware
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