Footed Bowl
1650-1725 (made)
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The pierced technique used on this bowl first appears on Iranian ceramics in the 12th and 13th centuries. The technique involved piercing designs directly through the walls of the extremely fine-grained, pure white body; the windows or cavities were filled in with the clear transparent glaze creating translusect windows. Often these simple designs were enhanced with underglaze painting in blue and black. A similar piercing technique was found in Chinese porcelain in the 16th century.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, pierced, underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Bowl with foot, fritware, pierced and painted in underglaze blue and black, clear glaze; Iran, ca. 1650-1725 |
| Physical description | Bowl on tall foot (tazza), fritware, fine white body, of low shallow form on a trumpet shaped foot, the upper rim pierced with angled dashes forming a geometric pattern between dotted line borders, the holes filled-in with the clear blueish-green-tinged glaze, the rim, interior and exterior painted in underglaze blue, following an incised lines, and black. |
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| Object history | Purchased from the London dealer H. Durlacher, Esq. 9 King Street, St. James's |
| Production | "Gombroon-painted ware" |
| Summary | The pierced technique used on this bowl first appears on Iranian ceramics in the 12th and 13th centuries. The technique involved piercing designs directly through the walls of the extremely fine-grained, pure white body; the windows or cavities were filled in with the clear transparent glaze creating translusect windows. Often these simple designs were enhanced with underglaze painting in blue and black. A similar piercing technique was found in Chinese porcelain in the 16th century. |
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| Accession number | 424-1872 |
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| Record created | November 19, 2003 |
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