IDENTIFIERS
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id:	71080
accession number:	C.55-2019

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 17 February 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Fritware, wheel-thrown, carved under a turquoise glaze
Shape: cylindrical jar, flaring slightly towards a carination on the shoulder and a collared neck, terminating in a bead rim. Sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Exterior: on the upper body, a kufic style inscription is carved in a horizontal band. Glaze terminates unevenly on the lower body or foot ring. 
Interior: glaze covers the surface unevenly.
object type: Fritware, carved under a turquoise glaze
title:	jar

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Found at Gurgan


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/71080





TECHNIQUES
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Fritware, wheel-thrown, carved under a turquoise glaze
throwing

CATEGORIES
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category: fritware (stonepaste)

DATING
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creation date:	1100 - 1220
creation date earliest:	1100
creation date latest:	1220
culture:	12th Century-13th Century, Early

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 22.6

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 884

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 13.4



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Exhibition of Early Islamic Wares from April 26th to June 7th 1950
title:	Islamic Pottery 800-1400 AD
title:	The Arts of the Islamic Book
title:	The Gurgan Finds
CITATIONS
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Gurgan Faiences
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early Islamic Wares from April 26th to June 7th 1950
Islamic Pottery 800-1400 AD. An Exhibition arranged by the Islamic Art Circle and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum 1 October to 30 November
The Gurgan Finds: A Loan Exhibition Of Islamic Pottery Of The Seljuq Period From The Raymond Ades Family Collection
Islamic Pottery of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection
Ceramics from Islamic Lands
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