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Jug with hare

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia Iran (possible place of creation)
    Date
    15th century (1401 - 1500)
    Material and technique
    fritware, with underglaze painting in blue
    Dimensions
    9.2 cm (height)
    from handle to spout 9.7 cm (width)
    7.6 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    coveredcoated glazed,
    Object type index
    containervessel jug
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1967.
    Accession no.
    EA1967.123
  • Further reading

    Golombek, Lisa, Robert B. Mason, and Gauvin A. Bailey, Tamerlane's Tableware: A New Approach to Chinoiserie Ceramics of Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Iran, Islamic Art and Architecture, 6 (Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers in Association with Royal Ontario Museum, 1996), p. 155

Glossary (2)

fritware, underglaze painting

  • 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).

  • 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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