Room 31 | Islamic Middle East gallery
Explore artefacts made over a period of more than 1000 years in the heart of the Islamic world.
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Dish with seated figures and epigraphic decoration
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Details
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- Date
- early 13th century
- Material and technique
- fritware, with overglaze painting in lustre
- Dimensions
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12 cm (height)
49.5 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.88
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Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 101 on p. 92, pls 44 a & b
Allan, James W., Medieval Middle Eastern Pottery (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1971), pp. 12 & 32-34, illus. p. 32 pl. 27
Glossary (2)
fritware, lustre
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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).
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lustre
Metallic sheen obtained by applying a mixture of metallic oxides onto an already glazed ceramic that is refired at a reduced atmosphere.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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