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  • Fragment of a large jar (front)
  • Fragment of a large jar (front)
  • Fragment of a large jar (back)
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Fragment of a large jar

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Iraq (possible place of creation)
    Asia › Syria (possible place of creation)
    Date
    2nd half of the 12th century - 13th century
    Material and technique
    earthenware, unglazed, with moulded and applied decoration
    Dimensions
    27 x 24 x 15 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware
    Technique index
    formed › moulded,
    moulded
    Object type index
    container › vessel › jar
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.2253

  • 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. 287 on p. 103, illus. p. 103

Glossary

earthenware

  • 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.

Location

    • First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East

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