Bowl: C.456-1991

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

• Bowl
• Islamic pottery
• Underglaze painted ware

Categories

• Fritware (stonepaste)

Description

Fritware painted in black and blue under a clear glaze

Pinkish fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, crazed glaze
Shape: shallow hemispherical bowl sitting on a wide, low foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted black below a panel design which alternates been narrow wedges in blue or turquoise, outlined in black, or wider panels with one of three designs. These panels contain either a cartouche outlined in blue, containing black dots; a black arabesque; or a blue diagonal cross hatch with black dots that develops into a lotus blossom. Above the arabesque and dotted designs, a narrow horizontal frieze of roughly drawn black cartouches, containing dots and dashes, are separated by blue vertical lines. On the base, a blue rosette is outlined in black and contains a central turquoise dot.
Exterior: black paint on the rim continues on the exterior. On the neck, a narrow frieze of blue and black inverted ‘V’ shapes and black dots is contained within black concentric lines. Radiating from the lower body, alternating pairs of blue or black lines are painted. Glaze covers the lower body unevenly and pools in places above the foot ring.

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, Late-14th Century
Circa 1275 - 1399

School or Style

Il-Khanid