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Jar with handles in the form of lions
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 13th century (1201 - 1300)
- Material and technique
- fritware, with pierced decoration, and red and black enamels and painting in gold over a turquoise glaze; handles probably mould-made
- Dimensions
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14.5 cm (height)
with handles 21.1 cm (width)
17.2 cm (diameter)
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processed material › metal › gold,covered › metallized › gilded,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.152
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Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 128 on p. 103, pl. 55 a
Raby, Julian, ‘Looking for Silver in Clay: A New Perspective on Samanid Ceramics’, M. Vickers, ed., Pots and Pans: A Colloquium on Precious Metals and Ceramics in the Muslim, Chinese and Graeco-Roman Worlds, Oxford 1985, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 3 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986), p. 181, illus. p. 182 fig. 1
Glossary (2)
fritware, glaze
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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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