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albarello

Jar
ca. 1180-1200 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kashan (made)

Fritware drug jar (albarello), the sides divided into rectangular compartments, painted in metallic lustre and blue.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Containers
Lustre Ware
Islam
Object type
Jar
Titlealbarello (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Fritware with lustre and cobalt blue decoration
Fritware
Cobalt Oxide
Lustre-Painted
Brief description
Fritware drug jar (albarello), painted in lustre and blue, Iran (probably Kashan), 1180-1200
Physical description
Fritware drug jar (albarello), the sides divided into rectangular compartments, painted in metallic lustre and blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.5cm
Style
Kashan
Gallery label
(Old gallery label)
JAR
White earthenware painted in lustre and blue.
PERSIAN (RAYY); late 12th or early 13th century
Production
Formerly thought to have been made in Rayy
Bibliographic references
  • Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill.; pp. 37-8, plate 54A
  • Watson, Oliver. Persian Lustre Ware. London: Faber and Faber, 1985. ISBN 0-571-13235-9. Pl. 29, p. 67
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
369-1892

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Record createdNovember 7, 2003
Record URL
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