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Dish with two birds, pseudo-naskhi inscription, and leaves
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- Date
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13th century (1201 - 1300)
Ilkhanid Period (1256 - 1353)
- Material and technique
- fritware, with underglaze painting in blue and turquoise, and overglaze painting in lustre
- Dimensions
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6.1 cm (height)
33.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 18.4 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.1669
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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. 320 on p. 113, illus. p. 113
Mason, Robert B., ‘Mediaeval Iranian Lustre-painted and Associated Wares: Typology in a Multidisciplinary Study’, Iran, 35, (1997), (ASH.23) pp. 128 & 131, illus. p. 125
Glossary (3)
fritware, lustre, underglaze painting
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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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lustre
Metallic sheen obtained by applying a mixture of metallic oxides onto an already glazed ceramic that is refired at a reduced atmosphere.
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underglaze painting
Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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