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Detail from bowl with seated figures by a stream, Iran, probably Kashan, 1211-1212 (Museum number: EA1956.33)

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Ewer with chain-like decoration and faceted spout

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia Iran (place of creation)
    Date
    2nd half of the 12th century - early 13th century
    Great Seljuq Period (1040 - 1194)
    Material and technique
    fritware, with applied decoration and touches of blue
    Dimensions
    26.3 x 12.5 x 11.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.2275
  • Further reading

    Vickers, Michael, Oliver Impey, and James Allan, From Silver to Ceramic: The Potter's Debt to Metalwork in the Graeco-Roman, Oriental and Islamic Worlds (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1986), pl. 67

Glossary

fritware

  • fritware

    Ceramic material composed of ground quartz and small quantities of clay and finely ground frit (frit is obtained by pouring molten glass into water).

Location

    • First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East

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