Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
Notes
History note: Found at Gurgan
Legal notes
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Measurements and weight
Height: 7.2 cm
Weight: 439 g
Width: 19.2 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(2019-07-01)
by
Ades Family
Dating
10th Century
Circa
900
CE
-
999
CE
School or Style
Samanid
Sari type
Components of the work
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
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
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 or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
- Text: 102
- Location: Exterior base (underside of disc base)
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.86-2019
Primary reference Number: 71100
Previous ID: AL.95-1948
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 18 December 2023
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
