Bowl
1870-1900 (made)
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Bowl of grey fritware, covered with a clear glaze over a white slip and painted in yellow copper lustre. Inside on the bottom, is a medallion enclosing a bird amid flowers, and round the rim is a conventional border. The outside is painted with vertical panels enclosing alternately a cock or a gazelle and separated by a floral spray.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Fritware, white slip, lustre decoration |
Brief description | Bowl of grey fritware, covered with a clear glaze over a white slip and painted in yellow copper lustre, Iran (Ispahan), late 19th century. |
Physical description | Bowl of grey fritware, covered with a clear glaze over a white slip and painted in yellow copper lustre. Inside on the bottom, is a medallion enclosing a bird amid flowers, and round the rim is a conventional border. The outside is painted with vertical panels enclosing alternately a cock or a gazelle and separated by a floral spray. |
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Gallery label | BOWL, earthenware, with decoration in lustre.
PERSIAN (Isfahan); late 19th century
C.1331-1904(Old 133 G label) |
Production | register |
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Bibliographic reference | Watson, Oliver. Persian Lustre Ware. London: Faber and Faber, 1985. ISBN 0-571-13235-9. Plate 145, p. 175 |
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Accession number | 1331-1904 |
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Record created | November 19, 2003 |
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