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Tile: C.441-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Fritware covered with white glaze painted with lustre

Fritware with orange tone, mould made, covered with a white glaze painted in brown lustre. Star-shaped.
Decorated surface: painted in reserve against a lustred background a seated figure wearing a gown, decorated with groups of three dots, and a headdress is depicted against a background of coiling vines. On the edge of the tile, an area left undecorated in lustre forms a white contour line, that echoes its’ star shape. Glaze and lustre runs over the tile edges.
Reverse surface: undecorated

Notes

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

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 1.1 cm
Length: 14.1 cm
Weight: 222 g
Width: 14 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Kashan ⪼ Iran

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

12th Century, Late
Circa 1175 CE - Circa 1200 CE

School or Style

Seljuk
Monumental style

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decorated Surface composed of oxide colours ( lustre) glaze ( white)

Materials used in production

Fritware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Fritware with orange tone, mould made, covered with a white glaze painted in brown lustre

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.441-1991
Primary reference Number: 75102
Packing number: ISCER 631
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 26 February 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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