Fragment
1175-1225 (made)
| Place of origin |
Fragment, possibly from a mug, fritware, the upper section with pronounced rib, glazed and painted in polychrome enamels with a courtier alternating with palmettes above arabesques and trefoils, beneath a dotted band edging a Kufic-style border, in pale green, iron-red and blue, outlined in black with details in white, heightened with gold on the courtiers shoulders and above the palmette. Crazed surface.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome inglaze and overglaze painted and gilded on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i) |
| Brief description | Fragment, fritware, polychrome painted with a courtier (mina'i ware); Iran (probably Kashan), 1175-1220. Found in the ruins of Rayy. |
| Physical description | Fragment, possibly from a mug, fritware, the upper section with pronounced rib, glazed and painted in polychrome enamels with a courtier alternating with palmettes above arabesques and trefoils, beneath a dotted band edging a Kufic-style border, in pale green, iron-red and blue, outlined in black with details in white, heightened with gold on the courtiers shoulders and above the palmette. Crazed surface. |
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| Content description | Figure |
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| Object history | The Museum Registers record "Fragment of a Vessel, of enamelled white earthenware, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. Found in the ruins of Rhages (Rhé) [Rayy] destroyed in the 12th century. Persian... bought along with Nos. 1537 to 1539-1903). Painted with the figure of a woman, foliated devices, and part of a simulated Arabic inscription.' It is noted in script that it was purchased along with 1537 to 1539-1903, from 'Mr. Neury, Queens Hotel, 104 Oxford Street'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1537-1903 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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