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Jug
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Jug
- Place of origin:
Kashan, Iran (made)
- Date:
1175-1200 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
White earthenware, painted in lustre
- Credit Line:
Given by the executors of Lady Marling CBE
- Museum number:
C.186-1928
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 26, shelf 6
Physical description
Lustreware jug with large simple arabesques.
Place of Origin
Kashan, Iran (made)
Date
1175-1200 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
White earthenware, painted in lustre
Dimensions
Height: 14.5 cm
Descriptive line
Lustreware jug with large simple arabesques, Iran (Kashan), last quarter of the 12th century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
The Arts of Islam, Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, 8 April - 4 July, 1976, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. 396p., ill. ISBN 0 7287 0081 6 paper bound, 07287 0080 8 cloth bound. Catalogue entry 348, p. 245
Lane, A. Early Islamic Pottery, London, 1947. 52p., ill. Pages 37-38, pl. 56a
Watson, Oliver. Persian Lustre Ware. London: Faber and Faber, 1985. ISBN 0-571-13235-9. Pl. 25, pp. 45, 67
Labels and date
BOWL
White earthenware painted in lustre.
PERSIAN (RAYY); late 12th or early 13th century.
Given by the executors of Lady Marling, C.B.E. [Old gallery label]
Production Note
Formerly thought to have been made at Rayy.
Categories
Islam; Ceramics; Lustre ware
Collection code
MES
