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Bowl with kufic inscription
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- Date
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9th - 10th century AD (AD 801 - 1000)
Abbasid Period (AD 750 - 1258)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with an opaque white glaze and painting in blue
- Dimensions
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6 cm (height)
20.5 cm (diameter)
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covered › coated › glazed › tin-glazed,glazed › tin-glazed,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.106
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Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 12 on p. 44, pl. 8 b
Tamari, Vera, ‘Abbasid Blue-on-white Ware’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part Two, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.2, no. 2 on p. 141
Glossary (3)
earthenware, glaze, kufic
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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.
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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
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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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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