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Bowl with lustre decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)
- Material and technique
- fritware, with underglaze painting in blue, and overglaze painting in lustre
- Dimensions
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9.5 cm (height)
19.4 cm (diameter)
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- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Frank Brangwyn, 1950.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3067
Glossary (3)
fritware, lustre, underglaze painting
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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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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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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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