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Fragment of a tile with phoenix
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- late 13th century
- Material and technique
- fritware, with moulded decoration under an opaque white glaze, painting in blue and turquoise under a transparent glaze, and overglaze painting in lustre
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 15 x 1.7 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- EAX.3196
Glossary (4)
fritware, glaze, lustre, phoenix
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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.
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phoenix
Mythical bird known as hōō in Japan. The Islamic tradition appropriated the far-eastern iconography of the phoenix and used it to represent another mythical bird, the simurgh.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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