Jar
14th century-15th century (made)
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Jar of glazed buff-coloured fritware with an elongated bulb-shaped body, narrow base, and neck widening towards the shoulder. Painted in olive-green and dark blue. Round the body is a row of birds on a background covered with a diaper pattern of rosettes and leaf-shaped devices. The neck is painted with a similar diaper pattern, and near the base is a band filled with simulated Arabic inscriptions.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware painted under the glaze |
| Brief description | Jar of glazed buff-coloured fritware with an elongated bulb-shaped body, narrow base, and neck widening towards the shoulder, made in Egypt or Syria, 14th-15th century. |
| Physical description | Jar of glazed buff-coloured fritware with an elongated bulb-shaped body, narrow base, and neck widening towards the shoulder. Painted in olive-green and dark blue. Round the body is a row of birds on a background covered with a diaper pattern of rosettes and leaf-shaped devices. The neck is painted with a similar diaper pattern, and near the base is a band filled with simulated Arabic inscriptions. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Habra Bros, Great Portland Street, London. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | 212-1898 |
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| Record created | March 16, 2009 |
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