Bowl
early 13th century (made)
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Bowl of fritware, with flaring sides, straight rim on high foot, painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze. The inside with a stylized elephant, the outside with scrolled foliage in black. The outside border with an inscription in white incised through black pigment.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze |
| Brief description | Bowl of fritware, with flaring sides, painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze, Iran, early 13th century. |
| Physical description | Bowl of fritware, with flaring sides, straight rim on high foot, painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze. The inside with a stylized elephant, the outside with scrolled foliage in black. The outside border with an inscription in white incised through black pigment. |
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| Gallery label | BOWL.
White earthenware painted in underglaze black and blue.
PERSIAN (KASHAN) ; eartly 13 century.
C.119-1931.(ca. 1954) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1947. 52p., ill. P. 45, plate 85A |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.119-1931 |
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| Record created | November 18, 2003 |
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