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Base fragment with phoenix
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Details
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- Date
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15th century (1401 - 1500)
Mamluk Period (1250 - 1517)
- Artist/maker
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Ghaibi (active 15th century) (potter)
- Material and technique
- fritware, with underglaze painting in blue
- Dimensions
- 2 x 8.5 x 8 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.2439
Glossary (3)
fritware, phoenix, 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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phoenix
Mythical bird known as hōō in Japan. The Islamic tradition appropriated the far-eastern iconography of the phoenix and used it to represent another mythical bird, the simurgh.
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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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