Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Ashmolean − Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Browse: 10610 objects

Reference URL

Actions

Send e-mail

Contact us about this object

Send e-mail

Send to a friend

Black ware jar with loop handles

  • loan

Glossary (4)

glaze, luted, slip, stoneware

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • luted

    The fusion of parts of ceramics using dilute clay slip.

  • slip

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

  • stoneware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.

Location

    • currently in research collection

Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.

 

Publications online

  • The Barlow Collection by the University of Sussex

    The Barlow Collection

    The small jar has a wide rounded shoulder, tapering to a splayed solid foot with chamfered edge. The low waisted neck has a flared rim, and two double-stranded loop handles are attached on the shoulder. The upper part of the sides is textured with a diaper pattern of rouletted diagonal strokes, and the piece is glazed in an olive-brown except for the lowest part of the sides and the flat base. The glaze adheres unevenly leaving a spotty surface, and is partly degraded through burial. The biscuit has a yellowish-buff colour.

© 2013 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum