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Fragment

14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Iran (made)

Fragment of five pieces forming a bowl, fritware, painted in purple-manganese with a radial design, the panels filled in with a dotted ground and a round reserve with a circle in turquoise, the panels outlined with a turquoise band. The bowl is an example of the so-called "panel style".


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Fragment
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Fragment
  • Fragment
  • Fragment
  • Fragment
  • Fragment
Materials and techniques
Fritware, underglaze painted
Earthenware
Painted
Brief description
Fragments (5), fritware, underglaze painted in turquoise and purplish black with a radial pattern; Iran (probably Kashan), 14th century. Found at Kish, Iraq.
Physical description
Fragment of five pieces forming a bowl, fritware, painted in purple-manganese with a radial design, the panels filled in with a dotted ground and a round reserve with a circle in turquoise, the panels outlined with a turquoise band. The bowl is an example of the so-called "panel style".
Dimensions
  • Width: 3 1/2in (Note: C.250-1931)
  • Width: 2 1/4in (Note: C.250a-1931)
  • Width: 2 1/2 in (Note: C.250b-1931)
  • Width: 2 3/4in (Note: C.250c-1931)
  • Width: 2in (Note: C.250d-1931)
250 Width 3 1/2 in 250a Width 2 1/4 in 250b Width 2 1/2 in 250c Width 2 3/4 in 250d Width 2 in
Styles
Ilkhanid
MOngol
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Object history
Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 49 Glebe Place, Chelsea, London. Gerald Roberts Reitlinger (1900-1978) was an art historian, who in 1930-1, was part of an archaeological excavation at Kish in the Near East financed by the Field Museum, Chicago and in 1932 at Al-Hirah, financed by Oxford.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
C.250-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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