Bowl: C.522-1991

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

• Bowl
• Islamic pottery
• Underglaze painted ware

Categories

• Fritware (stonepaste)

Description

Fritware painted in black under a turquoise glaze

Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Shape: segmental bowl with a flat rim sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: all decoration is painted in black, with a band on the rim and a frieze of lozenge shapes contained within concentric lines on the inner edge of the lip. On the body, a dotted roundel encloses contoured fillers containing dots, dashes and, at one point, a dotted circle. Leaves sprout from this roundel covering the base; some of these leaves form a circle which contains further dots. Slightly imperfect, with a crack on the carination between lip and body, that occurred during firing.
Exterior: black band continues on the exterior under which a concentric black line is painted on the upper body. Turquoise glaze runs over the exterior surface to the lower body, with spots of clearer glaze continuing onto 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, Early
Circa 1200 CE - 1220 CE

Note

Raqqa ware

School or Style

Ayyubid