Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a cream slip painted in four colours under a clear glaze
Red earthenware, wheel thrown, on the interior coated in a cream slip, painted in brown, orange, green and cream under a clear, crazed glaze.
Shape: conical bowl on a disc base
Interior: painted on a cream slip, brown triangles and dots hang from the rim. Radiating from a rosette on the base two palmettes in green and brown incised with spirals. Between the palmettes, two Arabic inscriptions painted in orange, with brown outline and cream dots, are flanked by brown stylised flowers.
Exterior: undecorated.
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: 7.2 cm
Weight: 439 g
Width: 19.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
10th Century
Circa
900
CE
-
999
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear, crazed)
slip
( cream, coats surface)
pigment
( slip painted in brown, green, orange and cream)
Rim
Diameter 19.2 cm
Base
Diameter 8.2 cm
Throwing : Red earthenware, wheel thrown, on the interior coated in a cream slip, painted in brown, orange, green and cream under a clear, crazed glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.86-2019
Primary reference Number: 71100
Previous ID: AL.95-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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