Bottle
13th century (made)
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Bottle of glazed whitish-grey fritware, painted in brown lustre and turquoise-blue. Pear-shaped body with a narrow neck, the top of which has been restored by the addition of a bulbous cup-like mouth. The body is decorated with a wide band of Cufic inscriptions reserved on a lustred ground, and broken by medallions enclosed by blue circles, with a row of quatrefoils above and a band of smaller inscriptions on a dotted ground below. The neck is diapered with cloud ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted with lustre over the glaze |
| Brief description | Bottle of glazed whitish-grey fritware, pear-shaped body with a narrow neck, painted in lustre, found at Ar-Raqqah, 13th century. |
| Physical description | Bottle of glazed whitish-grey fritware, painted in brown lustre and turquoise-blue. Pear-shaped body with a narrow neck, the top of which has been restored by the addition of a bulbous cup-like mouth. The body is decorated with a wide band of Cufic inscriptions reserved on a lustred ground, and broken by medallions enclosed by blue circles, with a row of quatrefoils above and a band of smaller inscriptions on a dotted ground below. The neck is diapered with cloud ornament. |
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| Production | register |
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| Accession number | C.191-1912 |
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| Record created | March 30, 2009 |
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