Bowl
13th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Fritware bowl covered in a turquoise blue glaze and decorated in overglaze colours with gold (minai). The bowl is decorated with an enthroned ruler flanked by two attendants; the inner walls are covered in a wide band of palmette scrolls. An inscription in kufic script borders the inside rim, and on the outside an inscription in cursive includes a date of 640 AH / 1242 AD. However, this date is painted over the top of a plaster fill, and is therefore not original.
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 | Bowl, fritware, painted in colours with figures (mina'i ware); Iran (probably Kashan, 13th century. |
| Physical description | Fritware bowl covered in a turquoise blue glaze and decorated in overglaze colours with gold (minai). The bowl is decorated with an enthroned ruler flanked by two attendants; the inner walls are covered in a wide band of palmette scrolls. An inscription in kufic script borders the inside rim, and on the outside an inscription in cursive includes a date of 640 AH / 1242 AD. However, this date is painted over the top of a plaster fill, and is therefore not original. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. Page 43, plate 72A |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.81-1918 |
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| Record created | November 12, 2003 |
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