Bowl
13th century (made)
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Bowl of white fritware, with a shallow bottom and small foot, decorated with a pierced design filled in with glaze and painted in underglaze colours. Painted in the middle with a star-like device in dark blue and turquoise-blue outlined in olive-green. Side sloping slightly inwards, pierced with a band of guilloche ornament. Edge coloured dark blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted under the glaze and with a pierced design |
| Brief description | Bowl of fritware, with glaze and painted in underglaze colours, found near Soltan-abad, now Arak in Iran, 13th century. |
| Physical description | Bowl of white fritware, with a shallow bottom and small foot, decorated with a pierced design filled in with glaze and painted in underglaze colours. Painted in the middle with a star-like device in dark blue and turquoise-blue outlined in olive-green. Side sloping slightly inwards, pierced with a band of guilloche ornament. Edge coloured dark blue. |
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| Gallery label | Bowl decorated with a pierced design filled in with glaze and painted in underglaze colours. Found near Sultanabad. C.565-1907.
Old gallery label(Until April 2006) |
| Object history | Found on the site of a ruined city near Soltan-abad, now Arak in Iran. |
| Production | register date |
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| Accession number | 565-1907 |
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| Record created | June 27, 2006 |
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