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Bowl with three animals
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Iran › Mazandaran (place of creation)
- Date
- 12th century (1101 - 1200)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with decoration incised through a white slip, and underglaze painting in green
- Dimensions
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14.5 cm (height)
28.1 cm irregular, max. (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.
- EA1956.165
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Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 41 on p. 65, pl. 21 a
Glossary (3)
earthenware, slip, underglaze painting
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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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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
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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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