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Dish with female figures and arabesquestop

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Dish with female figures and arabesques

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Iran (place of creation)
    Asia › Iran › Kashan (probable place of creation)
    Date
    early 13th century
    Material and technique
    fritware, with painting in lustre and blue over an opaque white glaze
    Dimensions
    7.6 cm (height)
    35.6 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware
    Technique index
    covered › coated › glazed,
    glazed
    Object type index
    container › vessel › dish
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
    Accession no.
    EA1956.50

  • Further reading

    Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 99 on p. 91, pl. 42 c

Glossary (3)

fritware, glaze, lustre

  • 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.

  • lustre

    Metallic sheen obtained by applying a mixture of metallic oxides onto an already glazed ceramic that is refired at a reduced atmosphere.

Location

    • First floor | Room 30 | Mediterranean

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