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Bowl with peacock
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- Date
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9th - 10th century AD (AD 801 - 1000)
Abbasid Period (AD 750 - 1258)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with painting in lustre over an opaque white glaze
- Dimensions
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7 cm (height)
24.4 cm (diameter)
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- Technique index
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glazed › tin-glazed,covered › coated › glazed › tin-glazed,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.63
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Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 18 on p. 46, pl. 11 a
Allan, James W., Medieval Middle Eastern Pottery (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1971), pp. 12 & 13, illus. p. 12 pl. 7
Ayers, John, and others, World ceramics: An Illustrated History, ed. Robert J. Charleston (London: Hamlyn, 1968), illus. p. 73 fig. 202
Féhérvári, Geza, ‘Two Early 'Abbasid Lustre Bowls and the Influence of Central Asia’, Oriental Art, new ser., 9, (1963), pp. 79-88
Glossary (3)
earthenware, glaze, lustre
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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