Bottle
ca. 1200 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Bottle of buff fritware with decoration painted in copper lustre over tin enamel. Globular body divided by foliated chain work into compartments containing sphinxes in medallions. Below is a border of foliated ornament. Tall neck with a wide flat collar below the top.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted in copper lustre over tin enamel |
| Brief description | Bottle of buff fritware with decoration painted in copper lustre over tin enamel, probably found at Khar, ca. 1200. |
| Physical description | Bottle of buff fritware with decoration painted in copper lustre over tin enamel. Globular body divided by foliated chain work into compartments containing sphinxes in medallions. Below is a border of foliated ornament. Tall neck with a wide flat collar below the top. |
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| Object history | May have been found at Khar. |
| Production | register - found at Khar |
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| Bibliographic reference | Watson, Oliver. Persian Lustre Ware. London: Faber and Faber, 1985. ISBN 0-571-13235-9. Pl. 47, p. 69 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1230-1919 |
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| Record created | November 19, 2003 |
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