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Bowl
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Bowl
- Place of origin:
Rayy, Iran (made)
- Date:
ca. 1200 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze
- Museum number:
C.775-1909
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case U, shelf 2
Physical description
Bowl of glazed white fritware, painted in blue and in brown lustre. Painted inside with a human-headed bird with its tail ending in foliage within a medallion surrounded by a band of simulated Arabic characters among close foliage, the whole design being executed in lustre over a cross in blue on a white ground. The exterior is covered with a blue glaze, over which is a frieze of simulated Arabic inscription in lustre.
Place of Origin
Rayy, Iran (made)
Date
ca. 1200 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze
Dimensions
Height: 5.7 cm, Diameter: 14.6 cm
Descriptive line
Bowl of glazed white fritware, painted in blue and in brown lustre, Rayy, ca. 1200.
Production Note
register
Materials
Glaze; Fritware; Lustre
Techniques
Painted; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Foliage; Bird; Medallion; Head
Categories
Ceramics
Collection code
MES
