Bowl
ca. 1300 (made)
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Bowl of whitish-grey fritware, 'lajvardina' ware, covered with a dark-blue lead glaze, painted in opaque red and white enamels and gilded. The interior is divided by a cross into four panels, in each of which is a shaped compartment. The arms of the cross as well as the compartments are bordered in red and filled in with discs enclosing gilt lozenges on a ground of close white spirals. The outside is divided by white radial lines into narrow panels with rounded tops.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted with enamels, glazed and gilded |
| Brief description | Bowl of whitish-grey fritware, 'lajvardina' ware, covered with a dark-blue lead glaze, painted in enamels and gilded, Iran, ca. 1300. |
| Physical description | Bowl of whitish-grey fritware, 'lajvardina' ware, covered with a dark-blue lead glaze, painted in opaque red and white enamels and gilded. The interior is divided by a cross into four panels, in each of which is a shaped compartment. The arms of the cross as well as the compartments are bordered in red and filled in with discs enclosing gilt lozenges on a ground of close white spirals. The outside is divided by white radial lines into narrow panels with rounded tops. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Production | register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. Page 43, plate 75A |
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| Accession number | C.1964-1910 |
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| Record created | November 12, 2003 |
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