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Bowl with rosette and vegetal scroll

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia Iran (possible place of creation)
    Date
    late 14th century - early 15th century
    Material and technique
    earthenware, covered in white slip, and with underglaze painting in blue
    Dimensions
    10.9 cm (height)
    22.8 cm (diameter)
    at foot 7.7 cm (diameter)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.1599
  • 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. 331 on p. 116, illus. p. 116

Glossary (3)

earthenware, slip, underglaze painting

  • earthenware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.

  • slip

    A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.

  • underglaze painting

    Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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