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

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Associated place

Asia › Iran › Khurasan › Nishapur (possible place of creation)

Asia › Uzbekistan › Samarqand Province › Samarqand (possible place of creation)

Date

10th - 11th century (AD 901 - 1100)
Samanid Period (AD 819 - 1005)

Material and technique

earthenware, with slip decoration in black and red on white, under a transparent glaze

Dimensions

6.7 cm (height)
21.3 cm (diameter)
at foot 8.5 cm (diameter)

Material index

processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

Technique index

slipped,

covered › coated › slipped,

glazed,

covered › coated › glazed

Object type index

container › vessel › bowl

No. of items

1

Credit line

Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

Accession no.

EA1978.1758
Further reading

Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 288 on p. 103, illus. p. 103

Glossary (3)

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earthenware, glaze, slip

earthenware

Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
glaze

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

A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.

Location

- First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East

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