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

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Associated place

Asia › Iran (place of creation)

Date

early 13th century

Material and technique

fritware, with painting in black under a turquoise glaze

Dimensions

9.9 cm (height)
22 cm (diameter)

Material index

processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

Technique index

decorated › painted,

painted,

covered › coated › painted,

marked › painted,

glazed,

covered › coated › glazed

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Object type index

container › vessel › bowl

No. of items

1

Credit line

Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.

Accession no.

EA1956.29
Further reading

Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 110 on p. 96, pl. G (colour)

Allan, James W., Medieval Middle Eastern Pottery (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1971), pp. 29, 32, & 37, illus. p. 28 pl. 23

London: Hayward Gallery, 8 April-4 July 1976, The Arts of Islam, Dalu Jones and George Michell, eds (London: Arts Council of Great Britian, 1976), no. 359 on p. 249

Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 205 on p. 73, illus. p. 73

Reitlinger, Gerald, ‘Sultanabad: Classification and Chronology’, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 20, (1944-1945), p. 28, pl. 10 d

Glossary (2)

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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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