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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Pink fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: conical bowl with everted, flange rim. Sits on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: on the rim and upper body inscriptions are, respectively, incised through a lustre band or painted in lustre. In a roundel, on the body and base, two rows of seated figures wear headdresses and robes adorned with a variety of patterns including lustre jewel like motifs and scrolls or crosses and scrolls incised through lustre. These figures are reserved on a lustred ground containing half palmettes and incised with scrolls. Below the figures, separated a scalloped band, three fishes swim on a lustred ground which is also incised with spirals.
Exterior: on the body palmette leaves are painted in lustre and enclosed by lustre bands on the rim and lower body. Glaze covers the surface to the lower body, running onto the foot ring in places.
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: 8.8 cm
Weight: 1018 g
Width: 35 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Kashan style
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, covers the surface to the lower body, running onto the foot ring in places)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Base
Diameter 13.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 35 cm
Throwing : Pink fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with lustre
Inscription present: incised through a lustre band or painted in lustre
Inscription present: white rectangular label
Accession number: C.46-2019
Primary reference Number: 71075
Previous ID: AL.55-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71075 Accessed: 2024-04-25 17:29:28
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University of Cambridge}}
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