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

Ewer

late 12th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ewer of fritware with incised decoration under a transparent turquoise glaze. Fat ovoid body with deep offset foot-ring and narrow conical neck ending in a grotesque ram's head pouring spout modelled and built up in applied clay. The handle consists of a pillar-shaped hollow vertical stem with an open cup at the top through which the vessel is filled. A thin stripe connects the cup to the back of the ram's head. Incised decoration in two zones round the body with Kufic characters with foliage background.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware with incised decoration under a transparent glaze and modelled
Brief description
Ewer of fritware with incised decoration under a transparent turquoise glaze, Rayy, late 12th century.
Physical description
Ewer of fritware with incised decoration under a transparent turquoise glaze. Fat ovoid body with deep offset foot-ring and narrow conical neck ending in a grotesque ram's head pouring spout modelled and built up in applied clay. The handle consists of a pillar-shaped hollow vertical stem with an open cup at the top through which the vessel is filled. A thin stripe connects the cup to the back of the ram's head. Incised decoration in two zones round the body with Kufic characters with foliage background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40cm
Gallery label
Ewer. Found in excavations at Khar. C.80-1949(1954)
Production
Found in excavations at Khar - from the register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.80-1949

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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