Ewer: C.425-1991

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

• Ewer
• Islamic pottery
• Underglaze painted ware

Categories

• Fritware (stonepaste)

Description

Fritware, painted in black under a turquoise glaze

Fritware, moulded, with black painted decoration under a crazed turquoise glaze.
Shape: bead rim and ridged neck sit on a horizontal shoulder which descends via a sharp carination onto a lobbed body and a low foot ring. A grooved strap handle, with thumb rest, is attached to the rim and the shoulder.
Exterior: all decoration is painted in black. On the shoulder and neck, scrolling vegetation, that in the latter case encircles two quadrapeds, is contained within concentric bands. A frieze of Arabic script (cursive) is painted in reserve against a black background on the shoulder carination. On the body, arabesques painted on raised lobes are enclosed, above by a scalloped line and scrolls, and below by a concentric line. Raised areas of the handle are also painted in black.
Interior: visible surface is covered with a thinner version of the exterior turquoise glaze.

Notes

History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead

Legal notes

H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

13th Century
Circa 1200 CE - 1299 CE

School or Style

Ayyubid
Seljuk