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Bowl with eagle, arabesques, and kufic inscription
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- Date
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possibly 13th century (1201 - 1300)
possibly 20th century (1901 - 2000)
- Material and technique
- fritware, with red and black enamels, and painting in white and gold over a turquoise glaze
- Dimensions
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8.3 cm (height)
32.5 cm (diameter)
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covered › metallized › gilded
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.123
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Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 130 on p. 103, pl. 56 b
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. 64
Glossary (3)
fritware, glaze, kufic
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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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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
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kufic
A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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