Jug
13th century (made)
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Jug, white fritware, bulbous body with a loop handle, the shoulder shaped into a series of flat medallions, covered with an opaque turquoise-blue glaze and painted in red and gold. The flat medallions, each painted with a rosette and on the shoulder is a frieze of animals among arabesques. The wide neck expands slightly upwards and is decorated with a row of palmettes connected by curved stems below a panelled band. Inside is a strainer in the form of an openwork rosette.
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Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome inglaze and overglaze painted and gilded on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i) |
Brief description | Jug, fritware, covered with an opaque turquoise-blue glaze and painted in colours (mina'i ware); Iran (probably Kashan), 13th century. |
Physical description | Jug, white fritware, bulbous body with a loop handle, the shoulder shaped into a series of flat medallions, covered with an opaque turquoise-blue glaze and painted in red and gold. The flat medallions, each painted with a rosette and on the shoulder is a frieze of animals among arabesques. The wide neck expands slightly upwards and is decorated with a row of palmettes connected by curved stems below a panelled band. Inside is a strainer in the form of an openwork rosette. |
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Accession number | C.781-1909 |
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Record created | March 26, 2009 |
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