IDENTIFIERS
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id:	74998
accession number:	C.4-1922

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 12 January 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre
Shape: hemispherical bowl with slightly everted rim on a low, wide foot ring. 
Interior: on the rim a band of pseudo-calligraphy is reserved in lustre. On the body likely celestial symbolism comprises six roundels on the body, each containing a seated figure, which surround a sun symbol with a human face on the base; all reserved in lustre. Filling the spaces between the roundels on the body, panels of triangular or irregular shape contain dots and scrolling vines painted in lustre. 
Exterior: rim is painted with a lustre band. On the body, panels of linear palmettes arranged in an arabesque pattern are painted in lustre. White glaze, with rare splashes of blue, terminates on the lower body or foot ring. The underside of the foot ring is coated with a thin covering of blue glaze.
object type: fritware, coated in a white glaze and painted with lustre
title:	bowl

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: Given by Louis C.G. Clark, M.A.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74998





TECHNIQUES
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Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre
throwing

CATEGORIES
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category: fritware (stonepaste)

DATING
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creation date:	1170 - 1199
creation date earliest:	1170
creation date latest:	1199
culture:	12th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 8

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 297

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 20



CITATIONS
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Persian Lustre Ware
Ceramics from Islamic Lands
Image and Meaning in Islamic Art
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