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Bowl with lotuses and leaves
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- Date
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late 13th century - 1st half of the 14th century
Ilkhanid Period (1256 - 1353)
- Material and technique
- fritware, covered in grey slip with underglaze painting in white slip and black
- Dimensions
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14.5 cm (height)
28.7 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.1619
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Further reading
Morgan, Peter, ‘Some Far Eastern Elements in Coloured-ground Sultanabad Wares’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part Two, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.2, no. 1 on p. 37, pp. 19 & 21, illus. pp. 24-25 figs 6 & 7
Glossary (3)
fritware, slip, underglaze painting
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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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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
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underglaze painting
Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.
Location
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First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East
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First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East
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