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Jar with vegetal decoration
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Details
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- Date
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17th century - early 18th century
Safavid Period (1501 - 1722)
- Material and technique
- fritware, with decoration in lustre over a blue glaze
- Dimensions
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8.7 cm (height)
10.7 cm max. (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.1718
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Further reading
Allan, James W., Islamic Ceramics, Ashmolean-Christie's Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1991), p. 54, illus. p. 54
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. 80
Glossary (3)
fritware, glaze, 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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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
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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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