Cup
13th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Cup of grey fritware, painted in blue, reddish-brown and olive-green on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Hemispherical in shape, with a high spreading foot. Inside on the bottom is an Arabic word in Kufic characters. The inscription is on a dotted ground. Round the inside of the rim is a conventional border and on the outside is a row of interlaced semicircles above a band of guilloche pattern.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with underglaze decoration and painted over white slip |
| Brief description | Hemispherical cup of grey fritware, painted on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze, Iran, 13th century. |
| Physical description | Cup of grey fritware, painted in blue, reddish-brown and olive-green on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze. Hemispherical in shape, with a high spreading foot. Inside on the bottom is an Arabic word in Kufic characters. The inscription is on a dotted ground. Round the inside of the rim is a conventional border and on the outside is a row of interlaced semicircles above a band of guilloche pattern. |
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| Production | register |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 856-1905 |
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| Record created | March 24, 2009 |
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