IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 71073 accession number: C.45-2019 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- 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 ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71073 TECHNIQUES ---------- Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1170 - 1199 creation date earliest: 1170 creation date latest: 1199 culture: 12th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 7 dimension: Weight units: g value: 1721 dimension: Width units: cm value: 36.5 CITATIONS -------- Gurgan Faiences Early Islamic Pottery Persian Lustre Ware --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/AL_53_1948_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/mid_AL_53_1948_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/AL_53_1948_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/preview_AL_53_1948_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/AL_53_1948_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/mid_AL_53_1948_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/AL_53_1948_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/preview_AL_53_1948_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/AL_53_1948_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/mid_AL_53_1948_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/AL_53_1948_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/preview_AL_53_1948_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels