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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cup

1180-1200 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup of glazed whitish fritware, painted in yellow lustre. Bulbous body with a wide short cylindrical neck, small high foot and small loop handle. The shoulder is painted with a frieze of horsemen separated by cypress-trees with conventional branches of dotted foliage in the intervals. The lower curve of the body is decorated with an arcaded design of foliated arabesques. A band of simulated Kufic characters encircle the neck outside. Inside is an inscription in Naskhy characters.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze
Brief description
Cup of glazed whitish fritware, painted in yellow lustre, with a bulbous body and short neck, high foot and loop handle, Rayy, late 12th century.
Physical description
Cup of glazed whitish fritware, painted in yellow lustre. Bulbous body with a wide short cylindrical neck, small high foot and small loop handle. The shoulder is painted with a frieze of horsemen separated by cypress-trees with conventional branches of dotted foliage in the intervals. The lower curve of the body is decorated with an arcaded design of foliated arabesques. A band of simulated Kufic characters encircle the neck outside. Inside is an inscription in Naskhy characters.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.6cm
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Gallery label
Jug. From Rayy. PERSIAN (RAYY); late 12th century. G. Salting Bequest. C.1952-1910.(1954-2005)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Production
register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1952-1910

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Record createdMarch 26, 2009
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