Bowl: C.68-2019

Current Location: Gallery 33

Maker(s)

Entities

Description

Earthenware coated in a white slip painted in green and brown under a colourless glaze

Pinkish earthenware, coated in a cream slip painted in green and brown under a colourless glaze
Shape: conical bowl with a plain rim, on a disc base
Interior: coated in a cream slip with brown scalloped line hanging from the rim above a green concentric band. The body is divided into three segments in which a triangle, filled with a scroll and dots, is painted in brown. All covered in a colourless glaze
Exterior: the upper body is coated unevenly with cream slip.

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: 5.8 cm
Weight: 251 g
Width: 16 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family

Dating

10th/11th Century
Circa 900 - Circa 1099

School or Style

Samanid

Components of the work

Interior composed of glaze ( colourless) slip ( cream) pigment ( green and brown, probably applied in a slip)
Rim Diameter 16 cm
Base Diameter 6.6 cm
Exterior Upper Body