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

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Associated place

Asia › Iran (place of creation)

Date

14th century (1301 - 1400)
Ilkhanid Period (1256 - 1353)

Material and technique

fritware, with moulded decoration under a green glaze

Dimensions

11.6 cm (height)
22.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 6.8 cm (diameter)

Material index

processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

Technique index

formed › moulded,

moulded,

covered › coated › glazed,

glazed

Object type index

container › vessel › bowl

No. of items

1

Credit line

Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

Accession no.

EA1978.1647
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. 310 on p. 110, illus. p. 110

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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