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Bowl with rider and pseudo-kufic inscription

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    Associated place
    Asia › Iran (place of creation)
    Date
    early 13th century
    Material and technique
    fritware, with overglaze painting in lustre
    Dimensions
    9 cm (height)
    21.5 cm (diameter)
    at foot 7.6 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware
    Technique index
    covered › coated › glazed,
    glazed,
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    more
    Object type index
    container › vessel › bowl
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.2330

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 307 on p. 109, illus. p. 109

Glossary (3)

fritware, kufic, lustre

  • fritware

    Ceramic material composed of ground quartz and small quantities of clay and finely ground frit (frit is obtained by pouring molten glass into water).

  • kufic

    A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.

  • lustre

    Metallic sheen obtained by applying a mixture of metallic oxides onto an already glazed ceramic that is refired at a reduced atmosphere.

Location

    • Lower ground floor | Room 1 | Exploring the Past

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