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Jug with hareoblique

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Jug with hare

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Iran (possible place of creation)
    Date
    15th century (1401 - 1500)
    Material and technique
    fritware, with underglaze painting in blue
    Dimensions
    9.2 cm (height)
    from handle to spout 9.7 cm (width)
    7.6 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware
    Technique index
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    glazed,
    more
    Object type index
    container › vessel › jug
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1967.
    Accession no.
    EA1967.123

  • Further reading

    Golombek, Lisa, Robert B. Mason, and Gauvin A. Bailey, Tamerlane's Tableware: A New Approach to Chinoiserie Ceramics of Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Iran, Islamic Art and Architecture, 6 (Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers in Association with Royal Ontario Museum, 1996), p. 155

Glossary (2)

fritware, underglaze painting

  • 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).

  • 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

    • currently in research collection

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