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Ewer with chain-like decoration and faceted spoutside

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Associated place

Asia › Iran (place of creation)

Date

2nd half of the 12th century - early 13th century
Great Seljuq Period (1040 - 1194)

Material and technique

fritware, with applied decoration and touches of blue

Dimensions

26.3 x 12.5 x 11.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)

Material index

processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

Object type index

container › vessel › ewer

No. of items

1

Credit line

Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

Accession no.

EA1978.2275
Further reading

Vickers, Michael, Oliver Impey, and James Allan, From Silver to Ceramic: The Potter's Debt to Metalwork in the Graeco-Roman, Oriental and Islamic Worlds (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1986), pl. 67

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fritware

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).

Location

- First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East

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