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

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Associated place

Asia › Iran (place of creation)

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

Date

10th century (AD 901 - 1000)

Material and technique

earthenware, with decoration incised through a white slip and colours splashed in the glaze

Dimensions

10.8 cm (height)
40.6 cm (diameter)

Material index

processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

Technique index

covered › coated › slipped,

slipped,

marked › incised,

decorated › incised,

glazed,

covered › coated › glazed

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Object type index

container › vessel › dish

No. of items

1

Credit line

Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.

Accession no.

EA1956.182
Further reading

Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 10 on p. 39, pl. 7 b

Allan, James W., Medieval Middle Eastern Pottery (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1971), pp. 9, 16, & 18, illus. p. 17 pl. 11

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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