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Dish with seated figure, a ruler or prince, and four women
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- late 12th century - early 13th century
- Material and technique
- fritware, with painting in lustre over an opaque white glaze; blue glaze on the reverse
- Dimensions
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9.8 cm (height)
47 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.183
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Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 95 on p. 90, pl. F (colour)
Allan, James W., Medieval Middle Eastern Pottery (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1971), pp. 32-34, illus. p. 35 pl. 29
Watson, Oliver, Persian Lustre Ware, Faber Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain (London: Faber and Faber, 1985), pp. 46, 48 & 52, pl. b (colour)
Hillenbrand, Robert, ‘Images of Authority on Kashan Lustreware’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part One, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.1, passim, illus. p. 168 fig. 1, p. 177 fig. 13
Ayers, John, and others, World ceramics: An Illustrated History, ed. Robert J. Charleston (London: Hamlyn, 1968), illus. p. 83 fig. 235
Glossary (3)
fritware, glaze, lustre
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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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lustre
Metallic sheen obtained by applying a mixture of metallic oxides onto an already glazed ceramic that is refired at a reduced atmosphere.
Location
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Lower ground floor | Room 2 | Human Image
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Lower ground floor | Room 2 | Human Image
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