Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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Bowl with pseudo-inscription

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia Iran (place of creation)
    Date
    late 12th century
    Material and technique
    fritware, with incised decoration under a turquoise glaze
    Dimensions
    11.5 cm (height)
    17.2 cm (diameter)
    at foot 9.5 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    formed carved,
    coveredcoated glazed,
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.2335
  • Further reading

    Soustiel, Laure, and James Allan, ‘The Problem of Saljuq Monochrome Wares’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part Two, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.2, pp. 97 & 111, illus. p. 96 fig. 16

Glossary (2)

fritware, glaze

  • 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).

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

Location

    • First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East

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