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Jar with animal frieze
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Details
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- Date
- 10th century (AD 901 - 1000)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with painting in lustre over an opaque white glaze
- Dimensions
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22.3 cm (height)
18.5 cm max. (diameter)
at mouth 12.1 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1968.
- Accession no.
- EA1968.94
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Further reading
Watson, Oliver, Ceramics from Islamic Lands (London: Thames & Hudson, 2004)
Caiger-Smith, Alan, Lustre Pottery: Technique, Tradition and Innovation in Islam and the Western World (London: Faber and Faber, 1985), p. 39, illus. p. 40 fig. 16
Glossary (3)
earthenware, glaze, lustre
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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.
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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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First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East
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First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East
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