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Spouted bowl with undulating waves
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)
Seljuq of Rum Period (1081 - 1307)
- Material and technique
- fritware, with incised decoration under a turquoise glaze
- Dimensions
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7.7 cm (height)
with spout 15.8 cm (width)
14.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 8 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- EAX.3055
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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, pp. 89 & 99, illus. p. 88 fig. 5
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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