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Cup with pierced decoration and small mouthoblique

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Cup with pierced decoration and small mouth

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Iran (place of creation)
    Date
    12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)
    Seljuq of Rum Period (1081 - 1307)
    Material and technique
    fritware, with mould-made and pierced decoration under a turquoise glaze
    Dimensions
    11.5 cm (height)
    12.7 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware
    Technique index
    glazed,
    covered › coated › glazed,
    moulded,
    formed › moulded
    Object type index
    container › vessel › cup
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 1933.
    Accession no.
    EAX.3107

  • Further reading

    Soustiel, Laure, and James Allan, ‘The Problem of Saljuq Monochrome Wares’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part Two, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.2, p. 91, illus. p. 90 fig. 8

Glossary (2)

fritware, glaze

  • 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).

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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