Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware coated in a cream slip painted in three 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 hand from the rim. Radiating from a rosette on the base, two groups of stylised flowers are painted, all in brown or green often with cream dots. These flowers are separated by a palmette with incised scrolls or Arabic inscription both in orange, brown and cream dots.
Exterior: cream slip and a thin line of glaze are present on or just below the rim. Remainder is 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: 7.3 cm
Weight: 419 g
Width: 19.8 cm
Relative size of this object
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, slightly crazed)
slip
( cream)
pigment
( slip painted in brown, green, orange and cream)
Exterior Rim
composed of
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream)
Rim
Diameter 19.8 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: 100
- Location: Exterior base (underside of disc base)
- Method of creation: Printed
- Type: Label
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
- Text: 22
- Location: Exterior base (underside of disc base)
- Method of creation: Hand written in black
- Type: Label
Inscription present: written directly onto vessel surface
- Text: 22
- Location: Exterior base (underside of disc base)
- Method of creation: Hand written in black
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.67-2019
Primary reference Number: 71101
Previous ID: AL.96-1948
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 17 February 2022
Last processed: Thursday 17 February 2022
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
