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Bowl with stylized bird, scroll decoration, and leaves
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Details
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- Date
- 11th - 12th century (1001 - 1200)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with decoration incised through a white slip under a transparent glaze
- Dimensions
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7.2 cm (height)
19 cm (diameter)
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covered › coated › glazed › lead-glazed,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.116
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Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 37 on p. 64, pl. 19 a
Allan, James W., Medieval Middle Eastern Pottery (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1971), p. 18, illus. p. 20 pl. 14
Glossary (3)
earthenware, glaze, slip
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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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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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